Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1148, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Currently insider trading or using nonpublic information about stocks and other securities for financial gain is prohibited for corporate employees. However, there is no prohibition for Members of Congress, who have access to similar nonpublic information. H.R. 1148 would prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from profiting from nonpublic information they ob... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released this statement in reaction to an announcement from the State Department of newly toughened sanctions on Iran: "In the wake of last week’s report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirming that Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons, I commend the Obama Administration for acting swiftly with our allies to enact new, tough sanctions on the Iranian regime. The coordinated efforts of the United States, the Unite... Read more

Palestinian Authority President Abbas plans to use the Palestinian Investment Fund to build housing for terrorists Congressmen ask for investigation into U.S. contributions to the PIF and whether the Palestinian Authority is using U.S. funds in their unilateral pursuit of statehood (Washington, DC ) Reps. Steve Israel (D – NY) and Ted Deutch (D – FL) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the use of U.S. funds by the Palestinian Authority. The Congressmen are ca... Read more

Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19), a Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Constitutional Amendment. The OCCUPIED Amendment both overturns the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that wrongly awarded the Constitutionally-protected free speech rights of people to corporations and totally bans corporate money from America’s electoral process. “No matter how long protesters camp ou... Read more

(Coral Springs, FL) Today, the office of Congressman Ted Deutch is launching a new travel office at Coral Springs City Hall to better serve constituents of Florida’s 19th district. Starting today, the Coral Springs City Hall traveling office will be open from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. This traveling offices will ensure that constituents residing in Coral Springs have a convenient place to meet with Congressional Aides from Congressman Deutch’s office to discuss th... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3423, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2011.This is a bipartisan bill that would amend Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to allow for tax-free savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. Our tax code currently provides advantages to help Americans save for college and retirement, yet people with disabilities do not enjoy those same financial planning tools. These individuals and their f... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) has sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Social Security Subcommittee requesting a hearing to examine the social impact of adopting the chained consumer price index (C-CPI) to calculate Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLA). While the proposal has been frequently floated by various deficit reduction committees and is rumored to be under consideration by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the chained CPI has undergone little scru... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3324, the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2011.This legislation that would give America’s youth the knowledge they need to make educated decisions about their health. The bill would expand comprehensive sex education programs in schools, while ensuring that federal funds are spent on effective, age-appropriate, medically accurate programs. Research has shown programs that combine information about abstinence and contraception ef... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1063, the Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011. Medicare is entitled to repayment of medical bills resulting from auto accidents, third-party negligence, or workers compensation settlements under a statute called Medicare Secondary Payer. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fails to provide basic information to plaintiffs and defendants about medical bills, which is necessary to quickly settle a lawsu... Read more

POLITICO CLASS Act tackles problems of aging By: Rep. Ted Deutch The Obama administration’s decision to stop our first real attempt to solve America’s long-term care crisis, by suspending the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, was met with predictable jubilation by opponents of health care reform. Yet even as my Republican colleagues hail this as proof that the Affordable Care Act will not work, what they don’t realize is that it shows that the opposite is true. CLASS was inc... Read more