Ted Deutch

Deutch was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Jean (née Mindlin) and the late Bernard Deutch. He is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/07/ted-deutch-why-are-we-unable-to-singularly-condemn-anti-semitism/5771304007/|title=Ted Deutch: 'Why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-Semitism?'|first=George|last=Bennett|website=The Palm Beach Post}} His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Belarus and Russia.{{Cite book|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members|page=625|first=Kurt F.|last=Stone|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2010|isbn=9780810877382}} A graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem,{{cite web |title=Arena Profile: Rep. Ted Deutch |publisher=Politico |url=http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/rep_ted_deutch.html |access-date=November 15, 2015}} Deutch graduated from the University of Michigan, where he served as editor-in-chief of Consider magazine and was awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

As a member of the National Young Leadership Cabinet of United Jewish Communities, Deutch organized over 2,500 people to march on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to pressure Congress on a slate of issues affecting children and the elderly. At the end of his tenure in the state senate, Deutch served as vice chair of the Committee on Regulated Industries and the Policy and Steering Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.tedforcongress.com/bio.asp|title=About Ted|publisher=Ted Deutch for Congress|access-date=April 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101001000251/http://www.tedforcongress.com/bio.asp|archive-date=October 1, 2010|df=mdy-all}}

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In late 2009, Deutch declared his candidacy in a special election to fill the 19th congressional district seat formerly held by Robert Wexler, who left Congress to lead the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. He won the Democratic primary with 85% of the vote, and on April 13, 2010, won the special election, defeating Republican Edward J. Lynch.{{cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/republican-concedes-deutch-keeps-wexlers-south-florida-congressional-561407.html?cxntcid=breaking_news|title=Republican concedes; Deutch keeps Wexler's South Florida congress|access-date=June 12, 2016}}

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{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 19}}

Deutch defeated Republican nominee Joe Budd and write-in candidate Stan Smilan.{{cite web|url=http://election.dos.state.fl.us/candidate/CanList.asp |title=Candidates and Races - Candidate Tracking system - Florida Division of Elections - Department of State |publisher=Election.dos.state.fl.us |access-date=August 23, 2010}}

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 21}}

After Florida underwent redistricting in 2012, Deutch's district was renumbered as the 21st district.{{cite web|url=http://election.dos.state.fl.us/candidate/CanDetail.asp?account=55253|title=Candidate Tracking system - Florida Division of Elections - Department of State|access-date=June 12, 2016}} Deutch won the November 6 general election with no major-party opposition.{{cite web|last=Carney|first=Heather|title=Hastings, Deutch, Wasserman Schultz win re-election|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-06/news/fl-election-us-house-20-21-23-20121106_1_republican-karen-harrington-wasserman-schultz-democrat-alcee-hastings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407062617/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-06/news/fl-election-us-house-20-21-23-20121106_1_republican-karen-harrington-wasserman-schultz-democrat-alcee-hastings|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2014|work=sun-sentinel.com|access-date=November 9, 2012}}

{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 21}}

In the general election, against write-in opposition, Deutch won with 99.6% of the vote.{{cite web | title = November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results| publisher = Florida Department of State Division of Elections| url = http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2014&DATAMODE=| access-date = 1 January 2015 }}

{{See also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 22}}

In December 2015, Florida underwent redistricting due to a Supreme Court ruling. Most of Deutch's territory became the 22nd district, and was pushed further into Broward County. In the process, it absorbed the portion of Broward County that had previously been in the neighboring 22nd district represented by Lois Frankel, which had been renumbered as the 21st. This came after the state supreme court suggested it was better to have only one district splitting the two counties. After the new lines were announced, Deutch announced he would run in the new 22nd. Although the new lines put his home near Boca Raton just inside the borders of the 21st, members of Congress are required only to live in the state they wish to represent. In a statement, Deutch stressed his longstanding ties to Broward County, which accounted for 80% of the reconfigured district. He had represented much of the Broward County portion of the district for a decade at the federal and state levels. The Sun Sentinel also noted that staying in a Broward-based district would increase Deutch's statewide and national profile by allowing him to advertise on Miami/Fort Lauderdale television.{{cite web|last1=Man|first1=Anthony|last2=Sweeney|first2=Dan|title=Ted Deutch to run in Broward-based district, leaving Lois Frankel to run in all-Palm Beach County district|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ted-deutch-congress-broward-20151202-story.html|work=Sun-Sentinel|date=December 3, 2015|access-date=August 9, 2016}}

{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 22}}

Deutch defeated Republican Nicolas Kimaz in the November 8, 2018, general election, 62% to 38% {{Cite news|title=Florida's 22nd Congressional District Election, 2018|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_22nd_Congressional_District_election,_2018

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Deutch was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives on April 15, 2010.

In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Deutch spoke out in favor of expanded gun control legislation. Stoneman Douglas is in his district. He spoke at a CNN town hall meeting and urged action. "A lot of people have told this community—people from all around the world—that it's too soon," he said. "It's too soon to get together to have this kind of forum. It's too soon to talk about preventing another tragedy like the one that struck our community from happening anywhere again. It's too soon to talk about getting weapons of war out of our communities. It is not too soon. It is too late for the 17 lives that were lost."{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/cnn-town-hall-full-video-transcript/index.html |title=Transcript: Stoneman students' questions to lawmakers and the NRA at the CNN town hall |work=CNN |date=22 February 2018|access-date=2018-02-25}}

Shortly after his election, Deutch introduced the Preserving our Promise to Seniors Act, which aims to keep Social Security benefits in line with retirees' costs and gradually raises the cap on FICA taxes over a period of seven years.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E4D71630F931A1575BC0A9669D8B63|title=FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, A BIRTHDAY MAKEOVER |work=New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2012}}

During the 2011 debate on the debt ceiling, Deutch assembled and brought to the House floor an elaborate, game-show-style wheel to illustrate which government services he claimed would be endangered by a default on the national debt.{{cite web|url=http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/rep-ted-deutch-spins-gop-wheel-misfortune-ho|title=Rep. Ted Deutch spins 'GOP wheel of misfortune' on house floor|publisher=Crooks and Liars|access-date=September 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717170706/http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/rep-ted-deutch-spins-gop-wheel-misfortune-ho|archive-date=July 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}} wheel

On November 19, 2011, Deutch introduced a resolution{{cite web|url=http://deutch.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=269672|title=Rep. Deutch Unveils OCCUPIED Constitutional Amendment |date=November 18, 2011 |publisher=US Congressman Ted Deutch|access-date=November 30, 2011}} proposing "an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the states to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures". Deutch's amendment is a blend of "ideas from "Move to Amend, Free Speech for People, Public Citizen, People For the American Way, Common Cause, and the Center for Media and Democracy".{{cite web|url=http://www.nationofchange.org/finally-constitutional-amendment-99-1321798437|title=Finally, a Constitutional Amendment for the 99%|publisher=Nation of Change|access-date=November 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124073711/http://www.nationofchange.org/finally-constitutional-amendment-99-1321798437|archive-date=November 24, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

In November 2018, Deutch and other members of congress introduced legislation to enact a carbon tax and Dividend in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://teddeutch.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399440|title=Landmark Bipartisan Carbon Fee Legislation Introduced|date=2018-11-27|website=US Congressman Ted Deutch|access-date=2018-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181233/https://teddeutch.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399440|archive-date=December 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}

On December 18, 2019, Deutch voted to impeach President Donald Trump.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-vote-results-house-2019-12|title = WHIP COUNT: Here's which members of the House voted for and against impeaching Trump|website = Business Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219131710/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-vote-results-house-2019-12|archive-date=December 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

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Deutch voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.{{Cite web |last=Bycoffe |first=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}

Deutch believes that limitations can be placed on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, saying, "the majority of people in this country now understand that there are limitations on the Second Amendment. You cannot own an automatic weapon. You cannot own a bazooka. And so there is no reason to continue to sell to people a weapon of war like this," referencing semi-automatic rifles.

During his tenure in Congress, Deutch has voted on several pieces of gun legislation. He voted against [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/38 H. R. 38] (the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act), which would enable concealed carry reciprocity among all states.{{cite web| url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll663.xml| title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 663| website=clerk.house.gov|publisher=U.S. Federal Government|date=6 December 2017| access-date=7 March 2018}}

Deutch also voted against [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/40 H. J. Res. 40], which ultimately passed and used the Congressional Review Act to block implementation of an Obama-era Amendment to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 that was aimed at preventing the mentally infirm from legally purchasing firearms.{{cite web| url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll077.xml| website=clerk.house.gov|publisher=U. S. Federal Government| date=2 February 2017| access-date=7 March 2018| title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 77}}

Deutch has an F rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund, indicating that it does not believe he adequately supports gun rights.{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF {{!}} Florida |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/florida/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104210222/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/florida/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |language=en-US |url-status=usurped}}{{cite web| url=https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1034/rating/8741?p=3&of=#.WqB0E-dG1PY| title=Rating Group: National Rifle Association| website=ISPY| date=2012| publisher= Vote Smart| access-date=7 March 2018}}

After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Deutch endorsed several gun control measures. He cosponsored [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5087/text H. R. 5087], the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, saying, "Americans don't own tanks or missiles; so why should our streets be flooded with weapons of war made for the sole purpose of killing people?"{{cite web| url=https://teddeutch.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399277| title=Reps. Deutch, Cicilline Introduce Assault Weapons Ban| date=26 February 2018| website=Congressman Ted Deutch| publisher=U. S. Federal Government| access-date=7 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103823/https://teddeutch.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399277| archive-date=March 8, 2018| url-status=dead}}

Deutch also announced his support for [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4909/text H. R. 4909], the STOP School Violence Act of 2018. The STOP School Violence Act would allow grants to train school staff how to identify troubled students and intervene before crises. The grants could also be used for developing an anonymous reporting system for students to submit concerns, as well as improving the physical infrastructure of schools against attacks.{{cite web| url=https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=8E6FA2F1-B670-488A-AE3C-FA13D9CA450E| title=Sandy Hook Promise Applauds Bipartisan Introduction of Critical School Safety Legislation entitled the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, Urging Swift Passage in Congress| date=27 February 2018| website=United States Congressman Hal Rogers| publisher=U. S. Federal Government| access-date=7 March 2018}}

Deutch also supports universal background checks, banning bump stocks, raising the minimum age to buy a rifle to 21, and repealing the 1996 Dickey Amendment.{{cite web| url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-bipartisan-members-congress-meeting-school-community-safety/| title=Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Bipartisan Members of Congress in Meeting on School and Community Safety| date=28 February 2018| via=National Archives| work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=7 March 2018}}

On January 5, 2017, Deutch voted in favor of a House resolution condemning UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the Palestinian territories as a violation of international law, saying, "it ignores Palestinian terrorism, incitement to violence, and payments to families of terrorists."{{cite web | last1=Cortellessa | first1=Eric | title=US House Passes Motion Repudiating UN Resolution on Israel | url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-house-passes-repudiation-of-un-security-council-resolution-on-israel/ | date=January 6, 2017 | website=The Times of Israel | access-date=January 17, 2017}}

Deutch supported President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying: "The president's decision today is a recognition of existing U.S. law that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and that the U.S. embassy should ultimately be located in the capital."{{cite news |title=Florida reaction to Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel |url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2017/12/06/florida-reaction-to-trumps-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-capital-of-israel/ |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=December 6, 2017}}

Deutch accused fellow Democrat Rashida Tlaib of antisemitism after she cited Human Rights Watch in calling Israel an apartheid state on the House floor.{{Cite web |last=Magid |first=Jacob |title=Rashida Tlaib denounces Iron Dome funding bill for 'apartheid' Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/rashida-tlaib-denounces-iron-dome-funding-bill-for-apartheid-israel/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}

On October 1, 2020, Deutch co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.{{cite news |title=Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/02/senate-and-house-leaders-to-secretary-of-state-pompeo-cut-military-aid-to-azerbaijan-sanction-turkey-for-ongoing-attacks-against-armenia-and-artsakh/ |work=The Armenian Weekly |date=October 2, 2020}}

On November 28, 2018, Deutch introduced a carbon fee and dividend bill, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018, saying, "this aggressive carbon pricing scheme introduced by members from both parties marks an important opportunity to begin to seriously address the immediate threat of climate change."{{Cite web|url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/carbon-fee-bill/|title=Bipartisan carbon fee bill introduced in House|date=2018-11-28|website=Citizens' Climate Lobby|access-date=2019-03-28}} After the bill died at the end of the 115th Congress, he reintroduced it as the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, saying, "climate change is an urgent threat that demands urgent bipartisan action. With this legislation, we are making clear to our colleagues that bipartisanship is possible—even necessary—to address climate change in this Congress."{{Cite web|url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/bipartisan-carbon-pricing-bill-reintroduced-in-house/|title=Bipartisan carbon pricing bill reintroduced in House|date=2019-01-24|website=Citizens' Climate Lobby|access-date=2019-03-28}}

In 2013, Deutch and Representative Gus Bilirakis created a bipartisan group of Greek-American and Jewish-American members of Congress called the Congressional Hellenic Israel Alliance. It was announced at a special congressional event.{{cite web |url=http://www.americanhellenic.org/news/2013-02-15.php |title=Rep. Bilirakis and Deutch launch Congressional Hellenic-Israeli partnership |access-date=2013-03-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725043624/http://americanhellenic.org/news/2013-02-15.php |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.israelemb.org/washington/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Ambassador-hosts-congressional-Hellenic-Israel-caucus.aspx|title=Ambassador hosts congressional Hellenic-Israel caucus|access-date=June 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://usa.greekreporter.com/2013/02/15/new-greek-israeli-committee-in-u-s-congress/|title=New Greek-Israeli Committee in U.S Congress|access-date=June 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-us-envoy-hosts-meeting-on-israeli-greek-cypriot-ties/|title=Israel's US envoy hosts meeting on Israeli-Greek-Cypriot ties|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=June 12, 2016}}

On February 28, 2022, Deutch announced he would not seek reelection in 2022, instead taking a job as chief executive officer of the New York City-based nonprofit American Jewish Committee.

On September 30, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives was notified that Deutch was resigning at the end of the day.{{Cite tweet |author=U.S. House Updates |user=HouseFloor | number=1575899547078983680 | title=The House received a communication from Representative Deutch wherein he resigns as a member of the House of Representatives effective at close of business today.}}

Deutch is married and has three children.Anthony Man,"[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-ted-deutch-vegan-20140911,0,3329748.story Going Vegan Was Winning Move for South Florida Congressman]," Sun Sentinel, 12 September 2014. He is a vegan.

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