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Ted Deutch
DFlorida U.S. House, District 22 (2017 - Present)
Assistant Whip, Office of the House Minority Whip (? - Present)
To be claimed
Member, Bipartisan Bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, present
Member, Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, present
Member, Bipartisan Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism, present
Member, Bipartisan Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Caucus, present
Member, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Boating Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Buy American Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Distracted Driving Awareness, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Green Jobs, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention, present
Member, Congressional Children's Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Coast Guard Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC), present
Member, Congressional Everglades Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Free Iran Caucus, present
Member, Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Port Security Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Real Estate Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, present
Member, Democratic Israel Working Group, present
Member, Green Schools Caucus, present
Member, House Cancer Caucus, present
Member, House Democratic Caucus, Task Force on Seniors, present
Member, House Hunger Caucus, present
Member, House Nursing Caucus, present
Member, House Oceans Caucus, present
Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present
Member, House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, present
Member, Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus, present
Member, Military Veterans Caucus, present
Former Member, Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Executive Overreach Task Force, United States House of Representatives
Member, Pediatric Cancer Caucus
Former Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, The Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, The Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Bipartisan Bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, present
Member, Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, present
Member, Bipartisan Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism, present
Member, Bipartisan Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Caucus, present
Member, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Boating Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Buy American Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Distracted Driving Awareness, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Green Jobs, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention, present
Member, Congressional Children's Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Coast Guard Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC), present
Member, Congressional Everglades Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Free Iran Caucus, present
Member, Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Port Security Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Real Estate Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, present
Member, Democratic Israel Working Group, present
Member, Green Schools Caucus, present
Member, House Cancer Caucus, present
Member, House Democratic Caucus, Task Force on Seniors, present
Member, House Hunger Caucus, present
Member, House Nursing Caucus, present
Member, House Oceans Caucus, present
Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present
Member, House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, present
Member, Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus, present
Member, Military Veterans Caucus, present
Former Member, Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Pediatric Cancer Caucus
Former Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, The Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, The Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Chair, Committee on Ethics
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Member, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law
Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber
Chair, Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism
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— Father's Name:
Favorite Quote:
"History will judge you, and, as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, on the extent to which you have used your gifts to enrich the lives of your fellow man." - RFK
— Mother's Name:
Spouse's Occupation:
Director of Development for Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach.
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No
Latest Action: House - 06/20/2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/20/2019 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/20/2019 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
Tracker:By Ted Deutch "Blessed are you, our God, and creator of the universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion." The words of the Shehecheyanu are familiar to Jews around the world. We recite them with friends, family, and community members to celebrate holidays and special occasions. But I heard those words of thankful deliverance in a poignant new tone when German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke them at Yad Vashem last week, 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz. As part of the American delegation in attendance, I wondered: How many times have the Jewish people prayed those words before we could arrive at this day? It was a day where leaders from nearly 50 countries and scores of Holocaust survivors came together in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish State of Israel, to remember the Holocaust and vow to combat anti-Semitism. The German president went on to say, "We fight anti-Semitism. We stand with Israel. We protect Jewish lives." It was a refrain that the world failed to reach when Nazi Germany tried to eradicate Jews from the earth over 75 years ago. Before traveling to Israel for this historic event, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led our bipartisan delegation to Auschwitz and Birkenau. We reflected on the enormity of the evil committed by the Nazis in a place where they slaughtered more than one million of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. We walked through the gates of these killing factories. We saw suitcases, eyeglasses, and even the hair of murdered Jews. As I stood alone in one of the empty concrete gas chambers I recalled the excruciating process of dehumanization that started with numbers tattooed on arms and ended in the crematorium. It's horrifying to see what remains of the Nazis' massive effort to commit genocide. As a Jewish member of the United States House of Representatives who proudly represents many Holocaust survivors and their children, I was honored to lead the recitation of kaddish as we laid a wreath at the death wall where thousands were shot to death. We mourned those listed in the Book of Names, including pages of my own family name and others from the small town in Belarus where my grandparents were born. Throughout the day, I repeatedly asked myself, "Where was the world? How could they not act?" The lessons of the Holocaust are lessons for the entire world. Forty eight hours after we visited Auschwitz, we heard Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu remind the gathered global leaders, "What starts with hatred of the Jews doesn't end with the Jews." That is why fighting anti-Semitism must be a priority for all governments around the world. In Congress, the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism confronts anti-Semitism wherever it occurs, from Pittsburgh to Poway, Brussels to London to Paris, and from Jersey City to Monsey to the streets of New York City. With less than half of all Americans familiar with the most basic facts of the Holocaust, we passed legislation to ensure that lessons from this atrocity are taught in every corner of our country. We must, if "Never Again" is to have real meaning. Finally, in our meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister and members of the Knesset from across the Israeli political spectrum, we were reminded that Israel is strong. We assured these Israeli leaders that Congress will continue, in a bipartisan way, to ensure that Israel always has what it needs to be able to defend itself, by itself. From Iranian threats to the terror and rocket attacks from its borders, the modern State of Israel continues to stand strong. Particularly when the weapons are economic, Congress overwhelmingly rejects the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and stands with Israel as Israel seeks peace. At Yad Vashem, the German president finished his remarks by stating, "Sometimes it seems we understand the past better than the present." His statement is searingly powerful because, even today, we do not understand the past well enough. After seeing the physical remnants of hatred with my own eyes 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, I am more committed than ever to share the lessons of the Holocaust with all of humanity. We must remember the Holocaust. We must fight anti-Semitism and hatred. And we must stand with Israel. The future of the Jewish community and the future of our world depend upon us. U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch represents Florida's 22nd congressional district, which includes portions of Broward and Palm Beach counties. He is a founding co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism.
On March 26, 2020, Ted Deutch announced his decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus after his son returned from Spain with symptoms similar to the virus. Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit COVID-19, also known as coronavirus disease 2019.
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