(Jerusalem, Israel) U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement following the news that the bodies of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frankel and Eyal Yifrach – the three Israeli teens abducted on June 12, 2014 while returning home from school – were found earlier today near Hebron. Reps. Ros-Lehtinen and Deutch are in Israel as part of a Co... Read more

(Amman, Jordan) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement after visiting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and touring a Syrian refugee camp. Ros-Lehtinen and Deutch are visiting Jordan and Israel as part of a fact finding trip to get firsthand accounts of how the instability in the Middle East is affecting regional all... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement after joining Subcommittee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) on a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry questioning the U.S. decision to work with a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas and requesting Administration testimony on the issue: “Today’s letter to Secretary Kerry reflects my deeply-held concerns with the decision by the... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement after President Abbas swore-in a Palestinian unity government with the terrorist group Hamas: "Today’s decision by President Abbas to swear in a unity government backed by Hamas is a deeply disturbing step away from the pursuit of peace. Hamas is a designated terrorist group that has consistently refused to accept the international Quartet con... Read more

Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act. Co-introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-5), Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-8), Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-9), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-5), Rep. Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Rep. Steve Stockman (TX-36), and Rep. Joe Garcia (FL-26), this bipartisan legislation will equip t... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued this statement on his vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015: "I voted against the NDAA because it forces us to spend billions of dollars on outdated weapons systems that the Pentagon says we no longer need and prevents the long-overdue closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. "The continued operation of the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay is fiscally irresponsible and morally indefensible. Our justice system has proven... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Democrat on Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement on the recently announced agreement between the Iraqi and U.S. governments on the status of the Iraqi Jewish archives: "I applaud the agreement reached between the U.S. government and Iraqi government to allow the “Discovery and Recovery” exhibit of Iraqi Jewish Archives to remain in the United States for an extended perio... Read more

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed H.R. 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act. Co-introduced by Chairman Emeritus Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-5), Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-8), Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-9), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-5), Rep. Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Rep. Steve Stockman (TX-36), and Rep. Joe Garcia (FL-26), this bipartisan legislation will equip the Obama Administration with enhanced... Read more

In response to the latest reported attempts that President Abbas’ Fatah party and the terrorist organization Hamas have agreed to begin the formation of a unity government, Congressman Ted Deutch, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, released the following statement: "President Abbas now stands at a pivotal crossroad – does he want peace with Israel or reconciliation with Hamas? Hamas is committed to Is... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, issued this statement regarding the reports of anti-Semitic fliers distributed in eastern Ukraine: "Local parties may argue over who is responsible for the vile literature handed out to Jews leaving their synagogue in Donetsk, but for the recipients the result is one and the same - a chilling reminder of Nazi-era anti-Semitism intimida... Read more