
Congressman Ted Deutch
Congressman Ted Deutch represents Florida’s 22nd District in the House of Representatives, home to communities throughout southern Palm Beach County and Broward County. Originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Ted has long championed the priorities of the Jewish community, from his days in Zionist summer camp to his pro-Israel activism in college to his leadership roles in local and national Jewish organizations.
Ted first gained national recognition in the Florida State Senate when he helped to pass the nation’s first law mandating that public pension funds not be used to advance Iran’s illicit quest for nuclear weapons. His work led to an invitation to give testimony before Congress on Iran sanctions, strategy discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and after his own election to Congress in 2010, the passage of his own federal legislation to crack down on companies that financially support Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Ted serves as the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s influential Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism. In this role, he has passed legislation advancing U.S.-Israel cooperation in energy, agriculture, technology and trade, fought back against efforts to delegitimize Israel at the United Nations, and championed U.S. foreign aid investments that promote global health and human rights worldwide.
Ted continues to lead on issues of importance to the Jewish community. As a Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism and a member of the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, the Congressman has worked to ensure the federal government fully addresses cases and trends of anti-Semitism, both at home and abroad.
Ted also serves as the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee and is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee.