Ted Deutch

Evidence shows that boosting punishment is unlikely to stop the spread of these drugs.

Many of my colleagues are trying to turn this into a partisan fight. People of good faith can disagree. Honestly, they should stop.

Tough mandatory minimums for drug charges have not cut off access to drugs in the past.

I think we have every right to defend ourselves and to work with the Europeans to push back on their program.

Addiction is cruel, ruthless, and unforgiving.

Our counterterrorism efforts cannot focus on security cooperation alone.

If they are distributing news, do they have some editorial responsibility to ensure that this type of, in this case, of the manipulated images, that this never appears?

The threat of terrorism emanating from the Gulf states is clearly a very real concern.

Facebook likes to call itself a neutral platform only when it suits them, in situations like this where terrible pictures get proliferated through their platform.

I thank the ranking member and the chairman for their leadership. I thank Congressman Jeffries and Congressman Collins for helping to shepherd the bill to this point. It is a pleasure to vote on these much-needed consensus reforms…

I thank my friend, Ranking Member Engel, for his hard work on this bill and for yielding. I thank Chairman Royce as well. I want to thank the many Members of Congress who have shown their unyielding commitment to caring for Holocaust…

I thank Ranking Member Engel and Chairman Royce for their support of this legislation, and I give special thanks to my colleague, Chairman McCaul, for his leadership in recognizing the need to take action. We must work together to stop the…

Diplomacy and foreign aid is immeasurably critical to our national security.

I hope that Director Pompeo moves quickly to fill those roles.

We cannot allow whatever decision is made on the nuclear file to impact our efforts to bring Bob home.

According to a FOX News poll from March 25, 91 percent of voters want background checks on all gun buyers. Another poll from Quinnipiac last November found that 94 percent of owners in gun-owning households support universal background…

I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today we are seeing that the GOP tax scam is one long con. Last year, they gave away trillions of dollars to the very wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations while…

Our gun laws are broken. We need to have that conversation in this committee.

I would urge you in the strongest possible terms to just be in contact with these families because they deserve it.

We are simply making clear that American citizens will not be used as leverage or bargaining chips.

I appreciate the efforts of Representative Bass to bring attention and condemnation to the shocking slave auctions of migrants and refugees in Libya.

I support efforts to bring the World Cup to North America.

The Assad government is among the most corrupt, brutal, and oppressive regimes the world has ever seen.

Today marks 1 month since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; 1 month since we lost 14 students and 3 teachers in yet another senseless act of gun violence; 1 month since the survivors inside those…

I thank my friend from New York. Mr. Speaker, the trauma that my community in Parkland, Florida, experienced was not unique. Gun violence tears apart American communities on a daily basis. So, no, what happened on February 14 when 14…