Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans. U.S. Census data indicates that even as health care, education and housing costs have soared, average working families earn less today than they did in 1989. The National Retirement Security Institute's recent analysis of Federal Reserve data revealed that Americans are at least $6.6 trillion short of what they need to retire securely. A staggering 80 percent of working households have less than a year's earnings put away, and 40 ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, released this statement in reaction to President Obama's announcement of an interim deal with Iran: "This partial deal is only the beginning, but we must be clear that the end result of this process is Iran verifiably and completely ending its nuclear weapons program and dangerous enrichment activities. Before any final deal can be rea... Read more

​Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, released this statement in reaction to President Obama's announcement of an interim deal with Iran: "This partial deal is only the beginning, but we must be clear that the end result of this process is Iran verifiably and completely ending its nuclear weapons program and dangerous enrichment activities. Before any final deal can be re... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) will meet with the members of his 2013-2014 Congressional Youth Cabinet and lead the students through a federal budget simulation. The exercise, developed by the nonpartisan, non-profit organization Concord Coalition, will challenge the high school students to grapple with the federal budget debate underway in Congress and propose their own solutions. The Congressional Youth Cabinet is a program launched by Congressman Ted Deutch that provides high school st... Read more

This week, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined his colleagues Reps. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Tom Marino (R-PA) to introduce bipartisan legislation to tackle the growing problem of patent trolls. The Demand Letter Transparency Act will help businesses that increasingly find themselves on the receiving end of vague patent infringement demand letters that often make allegations that the use of everyday technology, such as wireless email, digital video streaming, and the interactive web, is in violation of ... Read more

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) reaffirming support for the 6th Amendment right to counsel and recognizing the need for strategies to improve access to quality legal representation for indigent defendants in our criminal justice system. March 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision Gideon v. Wainwright, which held that access to legal representation is so essential to a fair trial that states have... Read more

(Boca Raton, FL) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a member of the House Mental Health Caucus, released this statement in reaction to news that the Obama Administration is issuing final rules for the Wellstone-Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA): “The costs of untreated mental illness and substance abuse on our society are profound, from unnecessary incarceration and unemployment to the tragic loss of life due to suicide and as we have seen in recent times, horrific gun... Read more

This Friday at 11:00 am, U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Patrick Murphy (FL-18) will hold a press conference on the urgent need for Congress to pass the Homeowner Insurance Affordability Act and protect Palm Beach County homeowners from outrageously high flood insurance premiums. Joining the three Members of Congress as they detail this new bipartisan legislation will be local realtors, county officials, and community leaders who understand the threat posed by huge flood... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) released this statement today on the expiration of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $5 billion boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): “Today, the 3.52 million Floridians and 48 million Americans nationwide who rely on SNAP to avoid going hungry will see their benefits go down as $5 billion in cuts take effect. These cuts result from the expiration of anti-hunger funding included in the Recovery Act, but we cannot forget that for ... Read more

On Friday morning, Congresswoman Lois Frankel and Congressmen Ted Deutch and Patrick Murphy along with other Everglades advocates Erik Eikenberg and John A. Marshall will announce next steps for Everglades Restoration and talk about the local impact. The press conference is being held at Clear Lake because the lake reservoir supplies water to West Palm Beach from the Everglades ecosystem. After the recent passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), Everglades Re... Read more