(Washington) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), representing Fort Lauderdale in the U.S. House of Representatives, issued a statement this evening after the House observed a moment of silence for the victims of Friday's tragic shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport: "Just last week, the House of Representatives observed a moment of silence to honor the 6th anniversary of the Tucson shooting. I never expected that today, so soon after, we’d be observing another such moment, ... Read more

Here's the latest on the #FLLShooting. It's been 24 hours since yesterday's tragic events at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. We mourn the loss of human life in this awful shooting and keep the victims' family members, the injured, and all those affected in our thoughts. We are grateful to Sheriff Scott Israel and the Broward Sheriff's Office, together with federal, state, and local law enforcement, all of the first responders, the trauma doctors and other health professional... Read more

Today, Congressman Deutch (FL-22) co-introduced House Resolution 30, condemning the dog meat festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade. This annual festival was launched by dog meat traders as a commercial enterprise in 2009. Tens of thousands of dogs are reportedly captured and slaughtered each year, including stolen pets. This resolution urges the Government of China to enforce its food safety and animal welfare laws, impose a ban on the killing and eating of dogs as... Read more

a:link, visited { color: #2F72FF; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; } House Passes Resolution Condemning the Anti-Israel U.N. Security Council Vote (Washington) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, released the following statement upon passage of House Resolution 11, objecting to the one-sided United Nations Security Council resolution against Israel. “As I stated immediately following the U.N. Secu... Read more

Today, Congressman Deutch (FL-22) co-introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act. This legislation would remove discriminatory abortion restrictions to expand safe and quality abortion access for women, regardless of their economic status or state of residence. Since the first passage of the Hyde Amendment in 1976, federal funds have been withheld from covering almost all abortions, even when those funds are from an individual's insurance plan. The EACH ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement following Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians: “Secretary Kerry spoke with specificity during a small part of his speech today about the impediments to peace caused by Palestinian incitement, the glorification of murder on Fatah websites, the naming of streets and squares after terrorists, and Palestinian effor... Read more

(Washington) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, issued the following statement on a possible vote in the United Nations Security Council on Israeli settlement activity: "Once again, I urge the Administration to veto this one-sided resolution that will do nothing to further peace efforts. As 393 of my colleagues and I stated unambiguously in a letter to President Obama in April, the UN Security Council is n... Read more

(Washington) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) introduced the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, legislation to help the Department of Education’s investigations into incidents of anti-Semitism in schools and universities. The co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism have joined as cosponsors of the legislation. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) filed the companion legislation (S. 10), and the Senate passed the bill... Read more

(Washington) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H. Con. Res. 165, a resolution reaffirming longstanding U.S. policy of supporting direct, bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians as the only path to achieving a durable and lasting settlement to the conflict. The resolution also reiterates Congress’ opposition to any outside effort to impose an agreement on the parties, through the United Nations or any other body, and encourages the U.S. government to c... Read more

(Washington) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Iran Sanctions Extension Act (H.R. 6297) introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. This bill extends existing sanctions law to guarantee that the United States can easily re-impose nuclear-related sanctions if Iran is found to have violated the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “The Iran Sanctions Act has served as the backbon... Read more