Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council urging the U.N. to hold the Iranian government accountable for attempting to export arms and missiles to terrorist groups. The weapons were discovered in early March when Israeli Naval Special Forces intercepted an armed vessel transporting Iranian weapons, including Syrian-made rockets with a range of 100 miles, mortar shells, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of rif... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, is working with Subcommittee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) and Congressman Steve Israel (NY-03) to protect the exiled Iraqi Jewish community’s access to a collection of nearly 2,700 Jewish artifacts, including Torah parchments, ancient prayer books, and other records. After Iraq’s Jewish community fled the country in the 1930s and 1940s, these items were sei... Read more

Today, the House of Representatives passed the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act, a bill introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Subcommittee Chairman. H.R. 938 aims to enhance cooperation between the United States and Israel on multiple fronts, such as security, military readiness, energy, trade, and more. With more than three quarters of ... Read more

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Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed H.R. 938, the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee and Subcommittee Chairman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). This bipartisan legislation enhances the broad scope of cooperation between the U.S. and Israel in an array of areas, including military strategy, security, energy, and trade. “The United States-Israel Strategic Partner... 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, released this statement in reaction to President Obama's announcement of an interim deal with Iran: "This partial deal is only the beginning, but we must be clear that the end result of this process is Iran verifiably and completely ending its nuclear weapons program and dangerous enrichment activities. Before any final deal can be rea... 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, released this statement in reaction to President Obama's announcement of an interim deal with Iran: "This partial deal is only the beginning, but we must be clear that the end result of this process is Iran verifiably and completely ending its nuclear weapons program and dangerous enrichment activities. Before any final deal can be re... Read more

In response to reports that Russia would renew its offer to supply Iran with the S 300 missile system, today Reps. Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) urged Secretary of State John Kerry to reaffirm U.S. opposition to the arms transfer during his discussions in Geneva today. In a letter to Secretary Kerry, Deutch and Roskam emphasize how Russia’s intent to provide Iran with enhanced military capabilities runs counter to 2010 Security Council sanctions and risks destabilizing the Middle Eas... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of the Human Trafficking Prioritization Act (H.R. 2283). This legislation will improve our nation’s effectiveness in combating human trafficking while maintaining the current budget and number of personnel allotted to the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The Human Trafficking Prioritization Act would elevate the status of the Office to a Bureau in the State Department, headed by an Assistant Secretary. Gra... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, issued this statement following President Obama's remarks this evening on Syria: "No dictator should be able to gas his own people without facing consequences from the international community, and I applaud President Obama’s commitment to this basic principle of human rights. "Unfortunately, for the past two years Russia has blocked every international effor... Read more