Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Charlie Crist (FL-13) introduced the Methane Emissions Reduction Act to curb methane emissions by the oil and natural gas industry in the United States. Methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, is 80% more powerful than carbon dioxide over a twenty-year period after its release. Increased methane concentrations in the atmosphere are responsible for about 25% of observed global warming. The oil and natural gas industry accounts for at least one t... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Judy Chu (CA-27), Charlie Crist (FL-13), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), and Scott Peters (CA-52), introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, legislation to put a price on carbon and return 100% of the net revenue as a rebate to American families. The EICDA will help reduce U.S. carbon pollution by up to 45% by 2030, with a net zero target by 2050. This would be achieved by pricing carbon at $15 per metric ton of CO2e and increasing the price... Read more

U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Scott Peters (CA-52), and Charlie Crist (FL-13) issued this joint statement in response to the American Petroleum Institute's announced support for a carbon fee policy: “We are encouraged by the growing support for carbon fee policies as effective measures to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change. The American Petroleum Institute is joining more and more of the private sector in putting their support behind a price on carbon to combat the wor... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) testified before the House Ways and Means Committee and encouraged the Members to consider his carbon fee policy as an effective plan to reduce carbon emissions and drive the transition to clean energy alternatives. "If we want to achieve the cuts in carbon emissions that are necessary to stave off the devastating impacts of climate change," Rep. Deutch testified, "it is essential that we put a price on carbon. The House Ways and Means Committee has ... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the bicameral Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act. The bill would authorize the U.S. Department of Treasury to issue from $200 million up to $1 billion in state and local tax-exempt “climate bonds” annually for any American to purchase and contribute to the government’s efforts to combat the effects of climate change. The legislation would mirror the national war bond program durin... Read more

Following the swearing-in of the Members of the 117th Congress, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement: "With great honor and humility, I swore the oath to support and defend the Constitution and to faithfully discharge my duties as the representative of Florida’s 22nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. "There is no shortage of priorities that Congress must consider this term. Our country is in the grips of a deadly global pandemic, a crisis that the world had n... Read more

Today the House passed bipartisan legislation to increase federal investments in marine energy led by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Congressman Don Young (R-AK), and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL). The Water Power Research and Development Act strengthens water power programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) and provides funding for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of marine energy. The legislation passed the House as part of a funding and COVID relief package.... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced legislation requiring the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to report to Congress on efforts to address the global climate change crisis and improve the agency's energy and resource efficiency. Specifically, the legislation will require the Secretary to report to Congress on the Department’s plan underlining the st... Read more

Today, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22), founding co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a climate report prepared by the House Oversight Committee outlining the health benefits for the state of Florida if the United States meets the goals of the Paris Agreement. The report outlines... Read more

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, a comprehensive clean energy bill that includes provisions on marine and hydrokinetic energy programs from legislation introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01). The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act promotes marine energy programs as a clean and cost-effective energy source. Marine energy is generated from waves, tides, and currents in oceans and hydrokine... Read more