Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 436, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Clarification Act of 2015. The already-existing Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) provides occupational injury and disease protection to approximately 500,000 workers who are injured or contract occupational diseases in the waters of the United States. H.R. 436 makes needed clarifications to the LHWCA to ensure that employees in the recreational marine repair indus... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 456, the Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015. The proposed legislation would honor our veterans’ service by assisting them in covering application fees for college, graduate school, and training schools. For some of our veterans, the cost of applying to certain educational programs is a financial burden. The Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act would aid veterans in receiving a college education in order... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued the following statement regarding the announcement that Speaker John Boehner will resign from the House of Representatives at the end of October: “I thank Speaker Boehner for his service to the House and the country, and I know that he made this decision out of genuine concern for Congress as an institution. “Yet I am far less certain that his resignation will end the dysfunction that has plagued the Republican majority. Letting a small faction set the agend... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) will be joined by local elected officials and advocates for a press conference on the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act this Saturday, September 12th at 10:30 am. The press conference will occur immediately following the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the Countdown to Zero event, a Palm Beach County-wide animal adoption event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. DETAILS WHO: State Attorney Dave Aronberg; Palm Beach County Sheri... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) invites residents of Palm Beach and Broward counties to join him at one of the following town hall meetings scheduled for this Wednesday, August 19, 2015: Delray Beach Town Hall Meeting 2:15 - 3:30 pm Shirley & Barton Weisman Delray Community Center 7091 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, FL Century Village Deerfield Beach Town Hall Meeting 4:00 - 5:30 pm Century Village East Clubhouse Party Room 2400 Century Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, FL Coral Springs Town Hall ... Read more

This Wednesday, August 12 at 10:30 am, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) will join community leaders, patients, and advocates for a round table on the Anna Westin Act, his bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) to help Americans struggling with deadly eating disorders. The Anna Westin Act will improve training for doctors and educators, better protect patients from coverage denials, and request the FTC study the impact of the unrealistic and photoshopped body images tha... Read more

In an op-ed that will run tomorrow in his hometown paper, ​The South Florida Sun Sentinel, ​Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) writes about his ten years in public office and his decision to oppose the recently announced P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran. The piece by Deutch, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Democrat on the influential Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, is included below: Sun Sentinel: U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch: Ten years in public life and the Ir... Read more

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Rep. David Cicilline (RI-1) as an original cosponsor of the Equality Act, legislation that would ban discrimination against LGBT Americans in public accommodations, housing, employment, and other core areas of daily life. The Equality Act would amendment the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. “Like so many Americans, I was overjoyed by the recent Supreme Court decision bringing ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the announcement of an agreement with Iran and the accompanying release of a five-page summary of its in terms, which span more than 100 pages and will be delivered in full to Congress in the coming days: "The terms of this proposed deal must be judged by whether Iran’s nuclear weapons program will be halted, whether we will have t... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) voted against H.R. 5, House Republican leaders’ proposed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), which was last passed as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The legislation, which passed by a vote of 218-213, was opposed by more than 60 organizations, including the National Education Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of People with Disabilities, th... Read more