Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) introduced legislation to prevent the President from canceling penalties on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. The intelligence community and law enforcement officials have repeatedly warned that ZTE products pose serious national security threats to the United States. In April 2018, the Commerce Department imposed an order of denial on ZTE banning it from doing business with U.S. firms for its repeated viol... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27) introduced legislation to prevent the President from cancelling penalties on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. The intelligence community has repeatedly warned that ZTE poses national security threats to the United States. In April 2018, the Commerce Department effectively banned ZTE from doing business with U.S. firms for its repeated violations of U.S. law. ZTE has exported products to Iran and North Korea, ... Read more

Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) renewed their call for Congress to strengthen and improve the Social Security program. Yesterday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released its annual Trustees Report, which indicated that while the program remained strong in 2017, improvements should be made to ensure that full costs and benefits are payable into the foreseeable future and beyond. “When Congressional Republicans sold their tax scam to the American peop... Read more

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which included an amendment introduced by Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), and Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) that would order the Secretary of Defense to include Holocaust remembrance in any commemorations of the 75th anniversary of World War II. Following passage of the NDAA with their amendment, the Representatives issued this joint statement: “World War II end... Read more

After President Trump cancelled the scheduled summit with North Korea, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement: "President Trump’s rationale for cancelling the planned summit with North Korea makes no sense. "The President was willing to meet with Kim Jong Un to attempt to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and reduce the threat to our allies and American troops in the region, even after exchanging several rounds of childish i... Read more

The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included an amendment introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05), and Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) that would order the Secretary of Defense to include Holocaust remembrance in any commemorations of the 75th anniversary of World War II. Following the passage of the NDAA, the Representatives issued this joint statement: “World War II ended with the U.S. and Allied F... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Doug Collins (R-GA), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the rising tide of anti-Semitism in schools and on college campuses across the nation. The "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act" directs the Department of Education (DOE) to use a widely-accepted definition of anti-Semitism when determining if incidents of harassment or discrimination that... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), along with Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA-9) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10) in the House and Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA) in the Senate, introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act. This bill would combat the rise in antisemitism across schools and college campuses nationwide. Anti-Semitic attacks have risen on college campuses in recent years. Currently, the Department of Education lacks guidance on how to define anti-Semitism. This ac... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), co-Chairs of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, led a bipartisan letter of Caucus members to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Nita Lowey urging that the Committee reject any appropriations provisions that would undermine efforts to combat climate change. As the co-signers state in their letter, "provisions in the appropriations bills must advance our fight against climate c... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) led Florida Democratic Members of Congress in a letter to Governor Rick Scott urging him to take concrete steps to expand healthcare coverage and reduce costs for Floridians. In the coming weeks, health insurance companies are expected to announce their premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans in Florida. This letter is a response to repeated attempts by President Trump and Congressional Republicans to sabotage the ACA and our country's healthcare ... Read more