Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa, issued this statement following President Trump’s decision not to recertify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement: “Today the President sent an unfortunate message to our allies by decertifying and threatening to terminate the JCPOA, but he appeared to heed the advice of his top national security advisors by not brazenly walking away from the JCPOA. He also left o... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement in response to reports that the Palestinian Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas: “Restoring the Palestinian Authority’s control in Gaza would be a critical step toward improving the lives of the nearly two million Palestinians living under brutal Hamas leadership and the Israeli civilians living in perpetual fear of rocket fir... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued the following statement immediately after voting against the "callous" House Republican budget, which would impose severe cuts on essential programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP benefits: "The House Republican budget is a callous proposal to shut down essential programs like Medicare, steal billions of dollars from middle class Americans’ wallets and funnel it to billionaires, and undermine key national priorities by cutting infrastructure funding and w... Read more

On Wednesday, October 4, Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL) and David Price (D-NC) sent a letter to President Trump signed by over 180 Members of Congress, including the entire House Democratic Leadership, urging the President to recertify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Announced in July of 2015, the JCPOA is an international agreement negotiated by the “P5+1” (United States, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and Germany), the European Union, and Iran ... Read more

During the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "The Department of State Redesign" with Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, expressed his real concerns about President Trump's proposal to cut the State Department by 30% and asked about the State Department's positions on Israel and the peace process, the JCPOA and Iran's malign activities in the region, and efforts to bring his constit... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement following President Trump's announcement of an Afghanistan strategy: "After 16 years of fighting and nearly 2,400 American lives lost, the American people have every right to question sending more US forces into Afghanistan. No one wants to see more American lives lost to a never-ending war. "When it comes to sending more US troops to Afghanistan, the President's new strategy ap... Read more

(Washington) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, held a hearing titled “Held for Ransom: The Families of Iran’s Hostages Speak Out.” Doug Levinson, son of Bob Levinson of Coral Springs, testified alongside others with detained family members. Bob Levinson, missing for over 10 years, is the longest held American civilian hostage in ... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a sanctions bill punishing Russia for interfering in our elections. The bill would also impose sanctions against Iran and North Korea. “We cannot allow a direct attack on our democracy to go unpunished. Months after every one of our intelligence agencies confirmed that Russia interfered in our elections, the House has finally responded by passing tough sanctions agai... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement following recent violence in Israel and the murder of three members of the Salomon family: “The cruel, cold-blooded murder of three members of the Salomon family is heart-breaking. Every leader in the civilized world must condemn this attack and all attacks against innocent civilians and reaffirm the need to end incitement and violence. “Sadly, President Abbas has failed to stop... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) joined with a bipartisan group of nearly twenty U.S. lawmakers to urge President Trump to prioritize the return of Bob Levinson, a Florida resident and retired FBI agent who went missing in Iran over 10 years ago. In a letter led with Florida Senators Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R), the lawmakers urged the president to “maintain pressure on Iran to see that [Bob] is returned as soon as possible.” “Bob is still not home, and despite repeated promises, Ir... Read more