Democrat Ted Deutch serves Florida's 91th district in the House of Representatives. In Congress, Ted has championed legislation to strengthen retirement security in America, close our trade deficit, and create opportunity for middle class families.

Ted has authored the most widely supported plan in the 112th Congress to strengthen Social Security for generations to come. The Preserving our Promise to Seniors Act extends Social Security's solvency by bringing tax fairness to the payroll tax contribution system. The bill also guarantees seniors adequate cost of living adjustments without raising the retirement age.

Ted also introduced the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment. He has launched an online petition to build support for his approach to addressing the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision by totally banning corporations from using their profits in our elections. Most recently, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced companion legislation, the Saving American Democracy Amendment, in the United States Senate.

Ted came to Congress with a record of standing up to special interests in the Florida State Senate. In Tallahassee, he took on the powerful tobacco lobby
and passed a dollar surcharged on cigarette sales that has generated over a billion dollars for health care and cancer research for Floridians. He also gained national recognition for passing the nation's first state law divesting public pension funds from companies that support Iran's nuclear weapons program or genocide in Darfur.

Ted lives in West Boca Raton with his wife Jill and their three children.

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