There is nothing courageous about asking seniors and middle-class families who have already borne the brunt of this recession to shoulder painful cuts just to finance the policies driving our deficit - such as oil company subsidies, trillion-dollar tax cuts for millionaires and special-interest giveaways. The House Republican budget, presented by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would protect these extravagancies at the expense of financial aid for 1.4 million students, nearly 500,0... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1006, the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011. On September 23rd, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, who has been in close coordination with Hamas (a recognized terrorist organization) will attempt to have the United Nations Security Council and at the United Nations General Assembly, to recognize a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as the capital. Although the United States officially supports a two-state solution t... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch released this statement after voting against a divisive default resolution brought forward this evening by House Republicans: "The Republican majority’s willingness to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States in order to bolster the case for their plan to end Medicare is a blatant stunt I will not be a part of. It is time for my Republican colleagues to stop threatening the default of America's obligations in order to ram through a plan the American people... Read more

The recently passed 2012 budget resolution passed by the House Majority raises costs on seniors under Medicare and proceeds to give millionaires another trillion dollar tax cut. Details are below: The Republican budget ends the Medicare guarantee and replaces it with a voucher system where seniors go out into the private market to buy their own health insurance. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office states that, under the GOP plan, seniors “would bear a much larger share of their health ca... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1028, the Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) ensures that employees, their spouses, and dependent children can get their employer-sponsored health coverage after a "qualifying event," including when the employee leaves or loses a job. However, there is no requirement that COBRA benefits be made available to an employee’s same-sex partner or spouse, or even the children of that p... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19) released this statement in reaction to President Obama's speech yesterday on the Middle East and his meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Yesterday, the President made clear that Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with a party that does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, and he forcefully rejected Palestinian efforts to delegitimize and isolate Israel at the United Nations. President Obama also reiterated the United States’ unwavering com... Read more

Deutch Authors Letter to Department of Justice (Boca Raton, FL) Today, the Democratic congressional delegation of Florida united to express their serious concerns over H.B. 1355, the radical and far-reaching overhaul of Floridians’ voting rights currently awaiting Governor Rick Scott’s signature. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-19), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-23), Corrine Brown (FL-3), Kathy Castor (FL-11), Frederica Wilson (FL-17), Wasserman Schultz... Read more

During a floor debate last night over H.R. 1229, the Republican leadership’s proposal to weaken oversight on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) presented an amendment striking the bill’s provision that bars Florida and Alabama’s federal courts in the 11th Circuit from hearing cases involving drilling off their Gulf coastlines. This provision would steer civil litigation related to oil leases and exploration exclusively to federal courts in the 5th Circuit, which se... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 965, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011. The Translational Genomics Research Institute conclusively linked the routine use of antibiotics in food-animal production to deadly, antibiotic-resistant MRSA that can infect humans. The study demonstrated that the deadly strain of MRSA originated from a weaker bacteria strain that could be cured with antibiotics. Once in animals, the bacteria became resistant to a... Read more

Congressman Deutch has teamed up with a bipartisan coalition of his colleagues to introduce legislation designed to fast track the deployment of energy-saving electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid technologies. The Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act will provide grants to help regional communities establish themselves as models for the successful development, installation, and deployment of advanced electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, including public charging stations. The bill also offers ... Read more