As the Florida state legislature heads into a special session next week, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) will hold a press conference tomorrow, Thursday, May 28, 2015, with Broward County health officials and elected leaders to call for a resolution to the current impasse over Medicaid expansion. More than 800,000 Floridians are currently eligible for basic coverage through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, but the decision to grant that access rests with the state legislature. Last w... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at helping Americans struggling with the deadliest form of mental illness – eating disorders – get the care and support they need. Named the Anna Westin Act in observance of a 21-year old woman who lost her life to eating disorders, this legislation is designed help those affected with or susceptible to eating disorders by focusing on training, treatment, and truth-in-adverti... Read more

Tomorrow, May 22nd, 2015, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) will participate in the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice’s global “Solidarity Sabbath” by holding a roundtable with students at Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca Raton. The Solidarity Sabbath is an international initiative created to combat anti-Semitism, promote tolerance, and support freedom of religion as a fundamental human right. In addition to Members of Congress and President Obama participating in the Solidarity Sabb... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman James McGovern (MA-2) to introduce the Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act. This legislation will establish the K-9 Companion Corps Program; a grant program for nonprofit organizations that train assistance dogs for use by veterans. Service dogs are one of the many treatment options that can assist veterans with physical disabilities, as well as those with post-traumatic stress. Passing the Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act will give nonprofits ... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Edward Royce (CA-39) to introduce the Global Anti-Poaching Act. This legislation will help the United States and its global partners counter the terrorist organizations, rebel groups, and international criminal syndicates that are profiting from international wildlife trafficking. Passing the Global Anti-Poaching Act will put wildlife trafficking in the same category as weapons and drug trafficking, and expand wildlife enforcement networks... Read more

Today, U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Tom Rooney (R-FL) announced the bipartisan introduction of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015. H.R. 2230 would establish a bipartisan, blue-ribbon National Criminal Justice Commission charged with reviewing the challenges we face at the federal, state, and local levels and issuing recommendations to Congress on strengthening public safety and law enforcement, addressing mass incarceration and fiscal sustainability, and improving fairness ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement after the House of Representatives passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 by a vote of 400 to 25: “From the outset of these negotiations I have spoken about Congress’s vital role in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The passage of this legislation today now ensures that Congress will have a formal role in reviewing ... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, applauded the House of Representatives for its swift passage of legislation to impose new sanctions targeting the financial assets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Deutch led the bipartisan effort to introduce and pass the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act along with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Me... Read more

Today, U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Lamar Smith (TX-21) introduced new bipartisan legislation to outlaw the sordid practice of animal crushing and other forms of cruelty against animals. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act builds on the passage of the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, which banned videos that depict these acts of violence by making the underlying abuse of animals a crime. Joining Reps. Deutch and Smith as original cosponsors of the PACT Act were R... Read more

Today, U.S. Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Reps. Eliot Engel (NY-16) and Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) to introduce the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2015. This legislation creates new incentives for states to enact tougher, more enforceable, and more effective laws against texting-while-driving and related distracted driving behaviors. The introduction of the Distracted Driving Prevention Act comes on the heels of a debate in the Florida legislature over whether to pass new legislation to reclassif... Read more