Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 1630, the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. The America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act includes portions of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in Utah into the National Wilderness Preservation System. This legislation takes responsible actions to ensure that America’s Red Rock Wilderness will be enjoyed by the present and future generations to come. America is home to some of the world’s greatest environmental treasures, and it is imp... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 1652, the Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013. The Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 is an important piece of legislation that prohibits any discrimination of students based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in federally-assisted educational programs. With federal funds being used for certain local educational programs, this bill authorizes federal agencies to end their assistance to recipients found violating... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 1151, which calls for the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The bill requests U.S. support for Taiwan in the next assembly in September 2013, and asks that other countries also support Taiwan receiving observer status as well. The ICAO is a United Nations specialized agency that is dedicated to ensuring safe and efficient air transportation arou... Read more

Congressman Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 1432, the Air Traffic Control Tower Funding Restoration Act. As a result of the recent sequester, the Federal Aviation Administration was planning on shutting down around 150 air traffic control towers due to insufficient funds. H.R. 1432 ends air traffic controller furloughs and provides enough funds to keep the towers open. The legislation shifts funding from accounts within the FAA that are currently not being used in order to keep the air traff... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1554, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. This legislation includes a number of efforts to help stop tax evasion and abuse overseas, which are contributing to the country’s deficit. Offshore tax loopholes, abused by many to avoid taxes on large sums of money, would be closed. This bill would also improve efforts to decrease offshore tax abuse by empowering the Department of the Treasury to take steps against foreign and fina... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1505, the Holocaust Rail Justice Act. Since the Holocaust, survivors have been unable to bring to justice railroad companies such as the French National Railway that transported victims to Nazi concentration camps. H.R. 1505 would give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil action for damages against these railroad companies, and will allow survivors to try them for crimes during the Holocaust. The French courts ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 139, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act. This bill acknowledges the extraordinary natural ecosystem of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge situated in Alaska, as well as its importance to present and future Americans. In 1960 President Eisenhower ordered for the protection of the wilderness values of the Arctic coastal. This bill further strengthens this protective measure and aims to preserve this coastal plain by designating the terri... Read more

Congressman Deutch (FL-21) has cosponsored H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. This bi-partisan legislation amends a Dodd-Frank provision by removing an indemnification requirement that the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have indicated impedes their ability to share information with regulatory agencies around the world. It supports global swap and derivative market transparency and mi... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1438, the Veterans Pensions Protection Act. Under current law, when a veteran receives insurance compensation to help with medical expenses after an accident or the costs for pain and suffering after a theft, they will likely lose their pension benefits. This is due to the policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which considers many different sources of revenue when assessing eligibility for a pension. If th... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued the following statement in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day: "On Yom HaShoah, we honor the memory of all those who perished in the Holocaust by recommitting ourselves to the task of ensuring such atrocities never again plague humankind. It is nearly 70 years since the end of World War II, and yet we still live in a world where hatred based on religion, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation leads to unspeakable violence. That is why when ... Read more