This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Ted Deutch's (FL-22) legislation (H.R. 4018) that would allow nonviolent elderly prisoners to serve the remainder of their sentence in a home detention program. H.R. 4018 was co-sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (GA-09), Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Chairwoman Karen Bass (CA-37), and Congresswoman Cathy Mc... Read more

This afternoon, Congressman Ted Deutch's (FL-22) legislation to make animal cruelty a federal crime was signed into law. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act (H.R. 724), introduced with Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), criminalizes certain acts of animal cruelty. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the PACT Act on October 22. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the legislation on November 5. Congressman Deutch: "With President Trump signing the PACT Act, animal ... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-7), and John Rutherford (R-FL-4) introduced the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, the House companion to a Senate bill introduced by Ron Johnson (R-WI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Rick Scott (R-FL). This legislation would create a federal clearinghouse that categorizes, assesses, and shares best practices for school safety measures and identifies the resources necessary to implement them. “Max Schac... Read more

Today, the Broward County Congressional Delegation, consisting of Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24), sent a letter asking Broward County Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci to investigate reports that voters "have received inaccurate and misleading final notices that threaten to remove them from active voter registration rolls and potential cancellation of their voter registration." The Members of Con... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Judiciary Committee, issued this statement following the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry: "Today began the next phase of this impeachment inquiry to present evidence directly to the American people. We heard from honorable, long-time public servants who witnessed the President’s scheme to bribe a foreign leader to interfere in our elections. The testimony reaffirmed what we know of th... Read more

On November 5, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act (H.R. 724), introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16) to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the PACT Act on October 22. The bill now heads to President Trump's desk. Congressman Deutch: "Preventing animal cruelty is not partisan; it's part of our values as a country. I'm proud that this legislati... Read more

Researchers with Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Center on Global Energy Policy, in a joint effort with Rhodium Group, released a report analyzing the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763) introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL). Among the report's findings: "Compared to 2005 levels, implementing EICDA as a stand-alone policy leads to economy-wide net GHG emissions reductions of 32–33 percent by 2025... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), the founding co-chair of the House bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, issued this statement after President Trump formally began the process of withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement: "Only in Washington, D.C. is climate change a partisan issue. The rest of the nation understands that climate change is a real, serious, and worsening threat to communities. We can't wait for President Trump and his Administration of climate deniers to wake up. As t... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 660, "Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes": "We have conducted this impeachment inquiry ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), the founding co-chair of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, issued this statement applauding the formation of a companion Senate Climate Solutions Caucus led by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mike Braun (R-IN): "You only have to look at the millions of people who marched last month demanding action on climate change to sense the urgency felt by people here at home and around the world. We have no time to waste. I'm proud that in the House we've brough... Read more