Quotes from Ted Deutch

Kids from financially distressed households are twice as likely to have to repeat a grade and more than two-and-a-half more times to struggle with poor health later in life.

There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.

I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.

Those who want to cut Social Security are prepared to take hostages, manufacture crises, and use scare tactics to undermine the retirement security of Americans.

For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.

Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.

It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.

This OCCUPIED amendment, this constitutional amendment, would overturn Citizens United. It would make clear that corporations aren't people, that they - the framers of the Constitution never intended to give constitutional rights to corporations, the ones that we enjoy and cherish.

For those whose lives have been turned upside down by Chinese drywall, we're trying to give them a chance to seek justice.

Working across the aisle, I helped pass laws exposing business dealings in Iran, cracking down on Iranian human rights abusers, and applying crippling sanctions to Iran's oil and gas industries.

Let's make Marco Rubio explain why he thinks oil companies should write our energy policy.

Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.

From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.

My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.

We must not allow the Iranian regime to use the nation's vast energy resource as a financial pipeline for its nuclear ambitions.

I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.

We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.

Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.