Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 505, the Keep Kids Safe Act of 2011. As history has demonstrated far too many times, guns in the possession of those who are unstable or unfit to use them can have devastating consequence. To best ensure our collective safety, we should be proactive in ensuring people who may do others harm do not have access to firearms. Right now we have a glaring gap when it comes to keeping Americans, and most significantly children, safe from preda... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has cosponsored H.R. 592, the Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2011. Current rules governing federal court practice make it too easy for defendants subject to lawsuits to hide information from third parties. Big corporations and manufacturers use protective orders to broadly shield vast amounts of information, vital to health and safety, from public scrutiny. Defendants also require, as part of settlement agreements, that documents or other records revealing critical dangers ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has cosponsored H.R. 1048, the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011. In September 2010, Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, took his own life after his roommate and another student invaded his privacy and harassed him over the Internet. He was eighteen years old. Tyler is one of thousands of college students who are harassed and bullied on campus and over the Internet. Students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) are ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch authored this piece on how the growing influence of corporate money in politics undermines our elections. Watch Ted discuss Citizens United and his proposed constitutional amendment here. Posted on Tue, Jan. 24, 2012 Cash, special interests, dominate political process BY U.S. REP. TED DEUTCH Deutch.house.gov/ As multimillion-dollar Super PAC ads begin airing statewide, Floridians are getting a firsthand look at how the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has changed ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), and local activists for a panel hosted by People for the American Way on the impact of Citizens United case on the integrity of our electoral system. Watch Ted discuss his proposed constitutional amendment, H.Res 90, Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment below. Read more

This Tuesday, January 24, 2012, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-19) will join Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Congressman Keith Ellison (MN-5) for a panel hosted by People for the American Way on the growing national movement to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The impact of Citizens United, which gave corporations the right to spend unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money in our elections, has been on full display during the recent presidential primary elections. The panel wil... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch will join Awake Palm Beach and Occupy Palm Beach for a rally that is part of a statewide effort to "Awake the State," on the first day of Florida's state legislative session. Deutch will join teachers, construction workers, firefighters, retirees, and local activists to call on Governor Rick Scott and his allies in Tallahassee to put middle class families first in 2012. He will also discuss the growing support for his Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interes... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor H.R. 3741, the Rilya Wilson Act, which is designed to protect foster children and to ensure that every state has a procedure in place to promptly report their disappearance. This bill was named after Rilya Wilson, a four-year-old girl who went missing in South Florida in 2001. Her foster mother, Geralyn Graham, continued to collect payments from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) for 15 months after her disappearance, during ... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-19) hailed a global class action settlement announced late last night that will help American homeowners affected by contaminated drywall from China. Thousands of homeowners living in South Florida and thirty-eight other states have been victims of defective Chinese drywall that corrodes electrical wiring, damages household appliances, and is associated with an array of serious health problems. The agreement reached between the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PS... Read more

Saving American Democracy Amendment Filed in Senate as Companion to OCCUPIED Amendment in House (Washington, DC) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch’s (D-FL) constitutional amendment to ban all corporate spending in elections and make clear that corporations are not people with constitutionally protected rights will be introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT). TheSaving American Democracy Amendment is companion legislation to Congressman Deutch’s H.J. Res 90, the Outlawi... Read more