Congressman Lloyd Doggett

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett sat down with CNN's Kate Bolduan to discuss the border wall, Russian favoritism, and retaining Trump's tax returns.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett joins MSNBC to discuss the #TrumpShutdown and the urgent need to end U.S. support for Saudi Coalition in Yemen.

Right now, President Trump and his Republican enablers are working to erode protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. Americans deserve better. Health care should be affordable and protect patients when they actually need it.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Doggett highlights Republicans’ latest assault on protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, in contrast to Democrats’ agenda to lower health care costs and prescription drug prices For The People.

Our Declaration of Independence proclaims that all of us have been “endowed with certain unalienable Rights” that include “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Those rights depend on being alive and healthy. That is why more and more of us are declaring that guaranteed health care is a right, not a privilege. But guaranteed health care is an illusion if we cannot afford the medications and treatments that we need.