Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) called on House and Senate Leadership to address the rising number of scams targeting vulnerable seniors living with Alzheimer’s and dementia that are occurring during the national public health emergency in the next stimulus plan. Scammers often target vulnerable seniors to intentionally confuse them into giving up sensitive information like bank accounts and social security numbers. However, seniors living with Alzhei... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day: "This past January, I visited Auschwitz, the deadliest of the Nazi concentration camps, to mark 75 years since its liberation by Allied forces. I walked through the camp where more than 1.1 million people perished during the Holocaust, mostly European Jews; where hundreds of thousands were subjected to torture, starvation, experimentation, and ultimately, mass execution in gas chambers. "Sevent... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) continued his call for greater transparency and accountability of the federal government's Project Airbridge program to transport and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) domestically. “FEMA is battling an unprecedented need and global shortage for masks, gloves, and other protective gear. But if the federal government is working so hard to gather these supplies abroad and fly them to the United States, we can’t just let them out of our sight once ... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Katherine Clark (MA-5), Brad Schneider (IL-10), and Angie Craig (MN-2) introduced the Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act. The legislation will ensure greater accountability of federal agencies and private-sector partners responsible for the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other emergency resources under the Defense Protection Act and Stafford Act. Specifically, this bill would require that the President report to Congre... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement after accepting an invitation from President Donald Trump to join the White House's bipartisan Congressional panel on economic recovery: "Communities across the country are reeling from the devastating impact of this public health emergency. Millions have lost their jobs, small businesses are struggling or shuttering, thousands of cities will face massive budget shortfalls. For my unemployed constituents and the small business owners in my dis... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) wrote a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor asking for greater transparency over the supply chain of personal protective equipment (PPE) through Project Airbridge—a taxpayer funded effort to rush supplies from Asia to the United States on over 70 scheduled flights. "American taxpayers who are financing these flights and the frontline workers risking their health to fight this virus deserve to know what is on th... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Donna Shalala (FL-27), along with 11 of their Florida Democratic Congressional colleagues, wrote to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to request that the state improve the accuracy and transparency of data collected and reported to the public regarding confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. In their letter, the U.S. Representatives "ask that you provide a detailed explanation of the public health justification for the State’s decision to track separat... Read more

Today, the Florida Congressional Democratic delegation called for Governor Ron DeSantis to take immediate steps to protect the health and wellbeing of Floridians during the COVID-19 crisis. These steps include ensuring congressionally passed aid gets to states and localities, expanding Medicaid, reinstating Medicaid retroactive eligibility, boosting resources to enroll Floridians in Medicaid and CHIP, maintenance of effort for 6.2 percent FMAP increase, and withdrawing from Texas v. U.S. “Expand... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Education that it would begin releasing financial assistance to college students as part of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund provided in the CARES Act. As the first round of funding, the Education Department is directing $6.28 billion to colleges and universities across the country to be then distributed to students to help cover expenses related to the pandemic, including food and housing. Schools are g... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, led a bipartisan letter with U.S. Representatives Adam Kinzinger, Brendan Boyle, David Trone, Tom Malinowski, Colin Allred, David Cicilline, and William Keating calling on the Trump Administration to strengthen American diplomatic and foreign assistance to respond to the humanitarian situation in Idlib, Syria. In the letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo... Read more