Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3572, the Cameras in the Court Room Act of 2011. With no way for Americans to watch its proceedings and only 50 seats available in the courtroom, the Supreme Court remains the least transparent branch of our federal government. That’s why Congressman Deutch is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill first introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in the United States Senate that will enable Americans to watch arguments ... Read more

“Today, I stand with billions of people worldwide in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Since the first confirmed diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in the United States thirty years ago, we have made tremendous progress. Though this disease was met with silence from public officials in its early years, today, implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and creating an AIDS-free generation are bipartisan efforts. Federal prevention and treatment programs, like Ryan White and PEPFAR, as well as decades of federally... Read more

Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19), a Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Constitutional Amendment. The OCCUPIED Amendment both overturns the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that wrongly awarded the Constitutionally-protected free speech rights of people to corporations and totally bans corporate money from America’s electoral process. “No matter how long protesters camp ou... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3423, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2011.This is a bipartisan bill that would amend Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to allow for tax-free savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. Our tax code currently provides advantages to help Americans save for college and retirement, yet people with disabilities do not enjoy those same financial planning tools. These individuals and their f... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3324, the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2011.This legislation that would give America’s youth the knowledge they need to make educated decisions about their health. The bill would expand comprehensive sex education programs in schools, while ensuring that federal funds are spent on effective, age-appropriate, medically accurate programs. Research has shown programs that combine information about abstinence and contraception ef... Read more

Tomorrow, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19) will hold a town hall meeting in Deerfield Beach that will also serve as his 250th event since taking office in April of 2010. To mark his 250th event, today Congressman Ted Deutch is unveiling a new, browsable map for constituents that charts his travels throughout South Florida, from visits to community groups and tours of local businesses to roundtables and town hall meetings. Constituents can visit Deutch.House.Gov/Map/ to browse the map of events. Event Det... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-19) will introduce an amendment to H.R. 2583, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, urging U.S. State Department officials to insist Chinese companies that manufactured and exported contaminated drywall to the United States between 2001 and 2009 make homeowners whole. Deutch’s amendment would urge China to have companies responsible for the tainted drywall submit to jurisdiction in U.S. federal courts and comply with any decisions rendere... Read more

Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-19), Congressman Bennie Thompson (MS-2), and twenty-four of their House Democratic colleagues today sent a letter to Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) urging him to immediately reverse his position that federal disaster relief be withheld until such funds are offset by additional budget cuts. Reps. Loebsack (IA-2), Steve Cohen (TN-9), David Price (NC-4), John Yarmuth (KY-3), Frederica Wilson (FL-17), Ed Perlmutter (CO-7), Terri Sewell (AL-7), John Larson (CT-1), ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on to cosponsor H.J.Res.69, legislation that would reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment, which promotes gender equality in the United States. H.J.Res 69 states that the U.S.Constitution should be equally applied to both men and women by declaring “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passed Congress back in 1972, and was sent to the states for ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has cosponsored H.R. 583, also known as Jane's Law. In 1983, Jane Maharam’s husband of 31 years, textile magnate Robert Maharam, ransacked their home and took with him the marital assets of their marriage, including money, investments and furnishings. Following a 15-year court battle, the court ordered that Robert return to Jane millions of dollars. But instead of giving back her assets from the marital estate, Robert Maharam fled the state. As long as Robert does not retu... Read more