Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) joined Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-7) and 180 other Members of Congress in introducing the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017. Deutch also cosponsored this legislation in the 114th Congress. In its Shelby County ruling, the Supreme Court gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) by invalidating its jurisdictional coverage formula. The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017 takes an expansive and comprehensive view of the need to preserve a... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) has joined as a cosponsor of a resolution to recognize the importance of drawing lessons from past genocides, like the Armenian Genocide, in order to prevent future atrocities. “Over 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, it is our responsibility to continue to learn from this dark moment in history which caused unimaginable devastation and irreparable pain to the Armenian people," said Rep. Deutch. "As we’ve learned from survivors of the Holocaust, keeping alive t... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) has cosponsored the LGBT Pride Act of 2017, legislation to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take measures to increase the frequency of collection of information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operates the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), which collects a range of data on victims of v... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) joined Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) to introduce the Restore Honor to Service Members Act. This bill would enable the Secretary of Defense to rectify discriminatory actions taken on members of the military who were discharged with characterizations other than “honorable” because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation. The characterization of these service members’ discharges would be changed if, upon a thorough review of their case, there was no miscondu... 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 as an original cosponsor of the Automatic Voter Registration Act, legislation to automatically register anyone who obtains services from their state's motor vehicle registry to vote in federal and state elections unless the individual does not meet eligibility requirements. The Automatic Voter Registration Act would require state motor vehicle registries to submit identifying information of individuals who obtain services from the registry to the state’s... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), along with Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) and 77 other Members of Congress, has co-introduced the America Votes Act of 2017. As of April 2017, two-thirds of states had passed laws requiring some kind of identification from people at the polls. This legislation amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement... 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) has joined as an original cosponsor of a resolution commemorating June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month. "Many influential Caribbean-Americans have contributed to the rich history of the United States," the resolution declares. It also affirms that, "The contributions of Caribbean-Americans are a significant part of the history, progress, and heritage of the United States; and the ethnic and racial diversity of the United States enriches and strengthen... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and Representative of portions of South Florida already experiencing the damaging effects of climate change, issued this statement responding to reports that President Trump intends to remove the United States from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: "President Trump's unfortunate decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement all but guarantees we c... Read more