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News From Congressman Ted Deutch

Dear friends, Preventing animal cruelty is not partisan; it’s part of tragedy have turned the painful loss of their loved ones
The holiday season gives our values as a country. I’m proud that this legislation into action to help others avoid that same loss. They have
us an opportunity to give moved so swiftly through Congress, with such broad become national leaders in the quest to keep our children
back and help others in our bipartisan support. Our country needs a federal law to safe from gun violence in their schools. Their support has
community. In this spirit, prevent abuse against animals. After years of hard work been integral in developing effective policies to prevent
I have partnered with the by so many to build support for this bill, we are now one gun violence. Parents should not have to worry whether
Library of Congress for signature away from it becoming the law of the land. I their kids will return home safely to them after school.
their Surplus Books Program urge President Trump to quickly sign this bill into law This bipartisan and bicameral bill builds on the work of
to donate books to local and make animal cruelty a federal offense. Parkland parents by requiring a dedicated home within
schools and libraries in the federal government for school security best practices
South Florida. Most recently, Reps. Deutch, Diaz-Balart, and guidance that will help prevent gun violence and save
I met with veterans of the lives in schools across the country. 
Broward Veterans Coalition at North Regional Library in Murphy, Rutherford
Coconut Creek. Thank you to all who attended, it is always
a wonderful experience to hear directly from members of our Introduce House Bill to Create
community and to share books from the Library of Congress. Federal Clearinghouse to
If you are involved with a local nonprofit and would like to
receive donated books, please contact my office. It would Assess School Safety Measures
be a pleasure for me to deliver them to you in the coming
months. I recently joined Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Stephanie
It is an honor to continue to serve this Congressional Murphy (FL-7), and John Rutherford (FL-4) introduced
district, and I promise to continue to fight for Floridians in the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, the House
Washington in the new year. companion to a Senate bill introduced by Ron Johnson
May you all enjoy some time celebrating traditions and (R-WI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Rick Scott (R-FL).
spending quality time with your family and friends. I wish This legislation would create a federal clearinghouse that
you all a happy and safe holiday season! categorizes, assesses, and shares best practices for school
Best regards, safety measures and identifies the resources necessary to
Ted Deutch implement them.
The families of the victims of the Stoneman Douglas
Speaker of the House Signs

Deutch, Buchanan Bill to Book Review from page 7 in a combination of nurture and nature, which finally

Make Animal Abuse a Federal and implementation. The search for eureka was mirrors our own understanding.
The jury is still out on the prospect of a

Offense undertaken. pharmaceutical cure for mental illness. Harrington
The second half of the twentieth century saw the points to the enhancement of the science of imaging
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. inundation of hopeful drugs from Prozac to Zoloft of the neurons of the brain, the discovery of
Senate each unanimously passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty to Paxil to Valium and Xanax. At the same time, the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, and the
and Abuse Act (PACT Act). I was honored to join Speaker Pelosi hippie movement was seeking recreational drugs to hope that by studying them, we can move to a biological
for the signing of the PACT Act, which would finally make mimic the effects of mental illness. Ken Kesey, Aldous cure for a biological disease. In the meantime, there
animal cruelty a federal crime. Huxley, Alan Ginsberg were drawn to mind expansion is progress to the more humane treatment. I would
In 2010, Congress passed the Animal Crush Video Prohibition to achieve euphoria. Professor Timothy Leary touted note the activities on the evangelical Lubavitcher
Act, which made the creation and distribution of animal crushing “Tune in, turn on, drop out.” To say nothing of nicotine movement in setting up Friendship Circles as part
videos illegal. However, the underlying acts of cruelty against addiction which has persisted. And then of course of their outreach, and the managing of individuals in
animals were not included. The PACT Act closes this loophole the abuse of prescribed opioid drugs, an epidemic these facilities in a way that respects them and confers
by prohibiting certain cases of animal abuse. continuing to our day. dignity upon their lives.
Some scientists have suggested that understanding
complexity of the human brain is as profound and Dr. Ronald J. Meyers, a Professor Emeritus, resides
illusive as the computations of the solar system. The in La Paz. rmeyers@esu.edu. 
ancient Greeks who were very interested in psychology
were brought to the understanding that the answer lay

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