Press Releases
June 24, 2020
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35) today introduced the American Assistance for American Companies Act¸ a bill to ensure that inverted corporations cannot benefit from federal COVID-19 financial assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. For years, the tax inversion loophole has allowed large multinational corporations to do a paper shift of their corporate citizenship from the United States to a low-tax foreign jurisdiction, while keeping their executives and headquarters here in America. Unfortunately, these corporations, which have skirted their U.S. tax obligations for years, may still qualify for federal assistance under the CARES Act.
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June 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee; Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL); Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee; and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to protect patients from being price-gouged on COVID-19 treatments and vaccines developed with taxpayer dollars and to strengthen oversight of federal funds invested in COVID-19 research and development.
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June 18, 2020
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision this morning to block President Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
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June 8, 2020
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, this morning joined his colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus as an original sponsor of the bicameral Justice in Policing Act, the most sweeping police reform bill in congressional history.
May 29, 2020
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and U.S. Representative Katie Porter (D-CA), member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, pressed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today for answers regarding major misallocations of portions of the $175 billion authorized in relief packages intended for hospitals and other health care providers to cover COVID-19 care and lost revenue from procedures postponed by the pandemic.
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May 26, 2020
Washington, D.C. – With serious food insecurity challenges in San Antonio and across the country, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, called for the Trump Administration to cancel the $39 million USDA food box contract awarded to a local vendor without relevant experience and pressed USDA for answers on how vendors were chosen nationwide. The details of this local contract were revealed in a series of investigative pieces by Tom Orsborn from the San Antonio Express-News, as well as an editorial from the paper calling for an investigation.
May 13, 2020
Washington, D.C. – As the pandemic broadens and the Trump Administration bungles, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the Health Subcommittee on Ways and Means, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, urge Secretary Azar to create a transparent process for distributing available doses of remdesivir and to swiftly release initial clinical trial findings. For physicians facing difficult prescribing decisions, this information is critical to ensure limited supplies go to the patients who will most benefit. This letter comes following the failure of Secretary Azar yet to respond to the lawmakers’ previous inquiry regarding taxpayer investments in remdesivir.
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May 7, 2020
Washington, D.C. – As the pandemic worsens in Texas and yet Gov. Abbott pushes forward in pressing workers to return to their workplaces, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the Health Subcommittee on Ways and Means, released the following statement regarding Governor Abbott’s visit to the White House today:
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May 7, 2020
Austin, T.X. – As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens and many Texans approach two months since job loss—the deadline to enroll in an ACA Marketplace plan for someone who lost their coverage when they lost their job—U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will hold a virtual press conference this afternoon to share the steps consumers need to take (and when to take them) to get covered, local resources available, and important updates on Medicaid.
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May 6, 2020
Austin, T.X. – As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens and many Texans approach two months since job loss—the deadline to enroll in an ACA Marketplace plan for someone who lost their coverage when they lost their job—U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will hold a virtual press conference tomorrow to share the steps consumers need to take (and when to take them) to get covered, local resources available, and important updates on Medicaid.
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