Growing Our Economy
November 6, 2025
Washington, D.C.—As Americans struggle with an unstable economy due to President Trump’s chaotic policies and large corporations exploit lax rules in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to outsource good-paying jobs abroad, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) led more than 100 of his Democratic House colleagues in urging U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to strengthen the agreement to support job creation and economic growth, clean manufacturing, and a livable climate. Specifically, the members call for the original USMCA to be renegotiated to achieve strengthened environmental enforcement standards to ensure clean air and water while creating a level playing field.
July 3, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement: “So many Republican colleagues seem to believe that their most important role is clicking their heels and saluting Trump."
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May 22, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, in the early morning hours after an all-night debate, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) voted against President Trump’s and the GOP’s Tax Scam. To pay for even more tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk, their bill includes devoting $20 billion to undermining public schools with a new federal voucher scheme, ripping food assistance away from hungry families, repealing renewable energy credits, and denying nearly 14 million Americans access to a family physician and medications while triggering a $500 billion automatic cut to Medicare.
May 16, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a member of the House Budget and Ways and Means Committees, released the following statement after Republicans failed to advance their own budget reconciliation bill:
“Even some Republicans realized that Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’ is an ugly lie atop a mountain of lies and dangerous trillions of additional national debt. Republicans will be back with another scheme next week, and House Democrats will be ready to fight.
May 1, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act to close a major loophole in current corporate tax law that uses taxpayer dollars to fund lavish pay packages. The bill would specifically end special tax breaks for publicly traded companies that deduct the cost of any multimillion-dollar bonus paid to executives.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
April 2, 2025
“Trump’s declaration that he 'couldn’t care less' if his damaging tariffs cause prices to go up is a mighty big reversal from his promise to bring down prices ‘drastically.’ His ‘Liberation Day’ only liberates dollars from Americans’ wallets with the added danger of liberating many entrepreneurs from failed businesses as tariffs spike costs. Trump's tariffs for all represent a big tax hike for all Americans to pay. Americans will not be fooled by repeated Administration claims that tariffs are tax cuts.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
March 4, 2025
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Democrats released the following joint statement in response to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico that went into effect today: “President Trump is threatening our economy with these damaging, unnecessary tariffs. He is on the verge of sparking several trade wars that will be fought on multiple fronts, including against some of our closest friends and allies, upending the international trading system the United States worked to create.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 7, 2025
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Steve Cohen (TN-9), Don Bacon (NE-2) and Lance Gooden (TX-5) today introduced a measure to include the Czech Republic on the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. with E-1 visas if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 5, 2025
Washington, DC – With President Trump’s aimless 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico under negotiation, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today reintroduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, which would reverse the Trump tax law’s breaks for offshoring jobs and profits. Republicans are seeking to double down on those incentives for offshoring jobs and profits in their reconciliation bill.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
December 20, 2024
"Having joined the Chamber of Commerce's successful effort long ago to encourage Samsung to bring its first American fab to Austin, I have appreciated Samsung as a creator of great products and great jobs. Now, through this significant federal investment, Samsung is expanding in both Austin and Taylor. For both our local economic prosperity and our national security, the Chips & Science Act is a win for America. Congratulations to all those who have made Samsung such a success.”
Issues:Growing Our Economy