Healthcare

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, just led three dozen Democratic House Members from States with Republican leaders who have refused federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage in a letter to leadership pressing for action on the Medicaid coverage gap in the final Build Back Better package.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) took to the House floor today to speak in defense of the fundamental freedoms recognized in Roe v. Wade, urging passage of H.R. 3755 – Women’s Health Protection Act, which the House just approved on a near-party line vote of 218 to 211, sending it to the Senate.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, spoke forcefully in the Ways and Means Build Back Better markup to decry the Republican, draconian, abortion ban in Texas and an anti-choice amendment Texas Republican Rep. Kevin Brady offered last night in Committee to eliminate reproductive freedom in federal health programs. Watch the full speech here.

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement reacting to the Health and Human Services (HHS) plan on drug prices released this morning:

Austin, T.X. – Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi joined U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon at Foundation Communities in Austin highlighting Democrats’ priorities they’re working for in the forthcoming Build Back Better Act to strengthen health care access for Texas families.