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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested found that large health insurers often give their own pharmacies better terms on lower-cost generic drugs:

Austin, T.X.—Rep. Lloyd Doggett has issued the following statement following today’s ICE shooting in Austin:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Rep. Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, introduced the Protecting the Rights Of Organizations Fairly (PROOF) Act of 2026, legislation to guarantee that the IRS cannot strip a nonprofit of its tax-exempt status without evidence and without a fair process.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Rep. Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today renewed their demand that Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano answer sixteen outstanding questions about the Administration’s use of the IRS against tax-exempt organizations and their donors. The Members first wrote to Bisignano on April 14, 2026. The IRS confirmed receipt on April 22 and told the Members’ staff that the letter had been “assigned for response.” No response has ever come.

Washington, D.C.—One year after an independent investigation confirmed that Mexico is failing to enforce its own wildlife, fisheries, and trade laws, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) led 38 House Democrats in urging U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to enforce USMCA environmental protections. They seek answers on Mexico's failure to meet its environmental obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, of which only ten are believed to remain.

Austin, TX—Today, Representative Lloyd Doggett, who represents the Texas State Capitol, issued the following statement after the State of Minnesota sued Governor Abbott Tuesday to compel the extradition of an ICE agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting:

Washington, D.C.—Today, Texas Congressmembers, joined by House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman, urged Trump Administration officials to delay work on a proposed road across and over Big Bend National Park’s Mariscal Mountain until specific details of the project are made fully available and questions answered about the potentially irreparable destruction the project poses.