Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD-8) to reintroduce the DISCLOSE Act. This legislation will curtail some of the damage done by the Supreme Courts reckless decision in the Citizens United case, which allowed wealthy individuals and corporations to donate millions of dollars to 501(c)4 organizations to influence our elections without disclosing their identities to the American people. Specifically, the DISCLOSE Act will require corporations and outside g... Read more

"With the Great Recession behind us and robust growth ahead of us, tonight President Obama called on Congress to join him in support of an agenda that expands economic opportunity and enhances financial security for all. I agree the time is now to build an economy where the hard work of all Americans pays off and the rules are not rigged in favor of those already at the top. The people who stand to gain from guaranteed paid leave and affordable child care are not Republicans or Democrats, but Am... Read more

Today Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined his colleagues in the Florida Democratic delegation on a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell urging stringent federal oversight for Florida's Medicaid program after a U.S. Federal District Court ruling that held Florida in violation of federal law for failing to adequately provide health care to low-income children covered by Medicaid. The ruling, issued by Judge Adalberto Jordan of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued this statement after being re-elected by his colleagues to serve as Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's influential Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa for the 114th Congress: "The recent terrorist attacks in Paris serve as a stark reminder that what happens in the Middle East is of enormous consequence to the security of the United States and our allies around the world. As Ranking Member I will continue to vigorously prom... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) and 26 of their House colleagues to co-introduce the Public Option Deficit Reduction Act, legislation that would create a public health insurance option to compete with offerings sold by the private health insurance industry in the state-based marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act. In November 2013, a policy brief issued by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that offering a public option... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) to reintroduce the Copyright and Marriage Act. This legislation is a commonsense follow up to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in US v. Windsor; the case that prohibits the federal government from denying same-sex couples any federal benefits. Since this decision in 2013, federal agencies have updated their policies to protect the rights of same-sex couples. However, because copyright law is governed by the Copyright Act,... Read more

Today, Rep Deutch joined his South Florida colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in introducing H.R. 230. This legislation would authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, increasing clean water collection for the Everglades watershed. The CEPP represents a bipartisan, multi-level effort between Congress, the Army Corps of Engineers, and Florida groups to maintain and restore the Everglades. This legislation is also supported by a companion bill in the U.S. Senate, S. 120. A co... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, member of the House Democracy for All Task Force, and sponsor of the Democracy for All Amendment, recently joined Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) to introduce the Close the Floodgates Act. This legislation would repeal a last-minute attack on our campaign finance laws that congressional Republicans privately snuck into last year's continuing omnibus spending bill, also known as the "cromnibus." Specifically, the Cl... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement on the release of Alan Gross, an American development worker jailed in Cuba since 2009: “For five years, Alan Gross has been unjustly imprisoned by the Cuban government simply for working to expand Internet access and promote freedom of information for the people of Cuba. In those five years, not a day has gone by where the Gross family gave up hope for Alan’s safe return home. Having wo... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement in reaction to the President Obama's remarks on Cuba: “While I am overjoyed that Alan Gross and 53 additional political prisoners have finally been freed by the Cuban government, this regime does not deserve any humanitarian awards for releasing individuals who should never have been imprisoned in the first place. The Cuban regime continues to brutally imprison political dissidents, bloc... Read more