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March 27, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, joined by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), led 74 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to rein in wasteful taxpayer overpayments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and enact other reforms to protect consumers’ access to health care. Unlike Traditional Medicare, MA plans are administered by private insurers and have been found to be fraught with waste and abuse while sacrificing patient outcomes for higher corporate profit and threatening the overall solvency of Medicare.
Issues:Healthcare
March 25, 2025
The Czech government has pledged to step in and support Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after US President Donald Trump’s administration cut funding to the broadcaster, which has been countering the propaganda of autocratic regimes such as Russia and Iran.
March 21, 2025
"Today, Trump signed an Executive Order directing Secretary McMahon to take all necessary steps to dismantle the Department of Education, an agency that serves over 5.6 million students across 9,000 Texas K-12 schools. This reckless, unlawful action doesn’t just skirt Congressional authority—it endangers the support for the most vulnerable students and schools in Texas: the 700,000 students with disabilities, the $140 million allocated for bilingual learners, and the $1.8 billion in funding for Title I schools that serve over 3.6 million students, including many in Austin.
March 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Marc Veasey (TX-33), and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) led Texas Democrats in sending a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Dr. Susan Monarez expressing deep concern over the surging measles outbreak in Texas and across the country. The lawmakers requested an urgent, detailed report on the CDC’s efforts to contain the outbreak, combat vaccine misinformation, and assess the impact of workforce reductions on outbreak response.
Issues:Healthcare
March 17, 2025
The Justice Department has informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to a letter sent to members of the organization on Monday.
March 14, 2025
Federal student loan borrowers are temporarily unable to apply to income-driven repayment plans, a decades-old safety net that ties their monthly loan payment size to household income levels, as the U.S. Education Department reviews a recent federal court ruling.
March 12, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, the House Ways and Means Committee considered U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett’s (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee, Resolution of Inquiry into Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) hostile takeover of the Treasury Department’s payment systems. Republicans on the committee voted to keep Musk and DOGE’s actions secret, including likely violations of federal law.
March 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 11 – As millions of seniors and people with disabilities struggle to afford dentures, hearing aids and eye glasses, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced bicameral legislation to expand access to dental, hearing and vision care for the 68 million American seniors on Medicare.
Issues:Healthcare
March 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC--House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding answers from the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Trump Administration’s reckless purge of workers at the agency.
Issues:Healthcare
March 6, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced the Farewell to Foam Act, bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, “loose fill” such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers – materials known to cause harmful health effects and pollute waterways. This bill prohibits the sale and distribution of these items beginning January 2028 while aiming to support the transition to alternatives.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet