On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced in its FY2020 work plan that Broward County's Port Everglades would receive a construction "New Start" designation. This designation is the first step in the Army Corps' Port Everglades Navigation Improvements Project (PENIP) to deepen and widen the port's channels. The announcement included $29.1 million in funding to build a new U.S. Coast Guard station. "This is a major achievement in the port's long quest to prepare it for the next genera... Read more

Since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018, the families of the victims have turned their loss into action. For two years, many Parkland families have promoted the creation of a nationwide clearinghouse for schools to share best practices and prevent any future school shootings. Recently, the Administration launched the website SchoolSafety.Gov. Below are statements from Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Max Schachter (Safe S... Read more

This morning, Congressman Ted Deutch testified on his bipartisan Democracy for All Amendment to overturn Citizens United before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in a hearing titled "Citizens United at 10: The Consequences for Democracy and Potential Responses by Congress." Click here for a one-pager on the Democracy for All Amendment. Excerpts from Congressman Deutch's testimony: "Our amendment would level the playing field. It would promote... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) announced today that Alan T. Brown will join him as his guest at the State of the Union on February 4, 2020. Alan T. Brown was injured in 1988 at the age of 20 in an accident that caused a C5-6 spinal cord injury and left Alan a quadriplegic, with no feeling or movement below his chest. He has dedicated his life to improving the lives of people living with paralysis through peer mentoring, outreach, and fundraising to help others with basic needs like ongoing medic... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) published an op-ed in the Jewish Journal following his visit to Auschwitz and Jerusalem to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and 75 years since the Auschwitz death camp was liberated. As Congressman Deutch wrote, "After seeing the physical remnants of hatred with my own eyes 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, I am more committed than ever to share the lessons of the Holocaust with all of humanity. We must remember the Holocaust. We must f... Read more

Today, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, introduced a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights violations, particularly its persecution of its Baha’i minority, and urging the Administration to impose sanctions against the Iranian regime for its human rights abuses. The resolution was introduced with U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jan Schakowsky (... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, issued this statement on the Trump Administration’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians: “As a proud pro-Israel Member of Congress, I have consistently expressed my support for a two-state solution, to be negotiated directly between Israel and the Palestinians, that ensures Israel’s security and establishes a viable Palestinian state. "I... Read more

In advance of the White House's announcement of its peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism issued this statement: "Like the rest of the world, I have read with great interest speculative reports of what might be in the Trump Administration’s peace plan. As Chairman of the Middle East Subcommittee, I have been trying to get briefed on this plan ... Read more

Today, Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), the Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, joined Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Brian Mast (R-FL), and Brad Sherman (D-CA) in sending a letter, signed by 104 members, to Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nation... Read more

One year ago today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation to price carbon and return 100% of the net revenue as a rebate to American families. Congressman Deutch said, "Report after report, editorial after editorial, have argued the merits of a carbon fee plan to aggressively and effectively curb our carbon emissions and address climate change. In the last year, my bipartisa... Read more