Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, issued this statement following President Trump's announcement that the U.S. military would not allow transgender Americans to openly serve: "President Trump’s mean-spirited decision to exclude qualified and dedicated Americans from our military has no legitimate justification. This is discrimination against qualified Americans, and the policy has no basis in military need or legal authority. "These are America... Read more

(Boca Raton, Fla.) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) announced a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration to Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of South Florida (Oakland Park), a community based organization offering support to disadvantaged and underemployed individuals to help them find employment and become self-sufficient. This grant supports research-based, evidence-informed reentry programs for justice-involved individuals e... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and Chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, issued this statement after the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Community Living (ACL) decided to reinstate sexual orientation demographic questions as part of their National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). The NSOAAP is used to evaluate whether the billions of dollars in funding for programs assisting older Americans are bei... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and the Chair of the LGBT Aging Task Force, issued this statement marking one year since the shooting at the LGBT Pulse nightclub: “Pride Month is an opportunity for us all to join together to celebrate the remarkable progress made toward LGBT equality. Marriage equality is the law of the land, and cities and states around the country have moved beyond the federal government to extend significant non-discrimin... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) has joined Congresswoman Martha McSally (AZ-2) and 17 other Members of Congress in introducing the bipartisan Humane Cosmetics Act. This legislation would eliminate cosmetic testing on animals within one year, and it would ban the sale of cosmetics that were developed using animal testing within three years. Many European countries have already adopted similar laws against cosmetic testing on animals. Alternative methods would not only be more humane, but could pro... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), along with Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29) and 103 other Members of Congress, has co-introduced legislation to require that a committee hearing be held whenever there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun violence. The bill requires the committee hearing to be held within ten legislative days following the moment of silence. “We cannot accept a world in which we don’t have time to mourn lives lost in one shooting before another occurs."... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement in response to President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018: "The President’s budget is morally bankrupt, cruelly demonizes the needy, and is premised on phony economic theories and farcical math. "If a President’s budget is meant to convey his values and priorities, then President Trump is making quite clear his contempt for working families and the most vulnerable Americans. In the President’s ideal America, the extremely rich rece... Read more

(Washington) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke during a House Judiciary Committee markup hearing against H.R. 2431, the “Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act.” Calling it President Trump's "mass deportation act," Congressman Deutch strongly opposes the bill's criminalization of undocumented immigrants in the United States and "massive buildup and militarization of deportation forces and detention... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and Chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, led 48 of his House colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration reinstate LGBT demographic questions to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). The NSOAAP is used to evaluate whether the billions of dollars in funding for programs assisting older Americans are being used efficiently and effectively. Since 2014, the NSOAAP has included LGBT-sp... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and the Chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, joined 193 of his colleagues to introduce the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights legislation that would guarantee federal protections for LGBT individuals. The Equality Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to add nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in education, employment, housing, credit, federal ... Read more