Press Releases
October 13, 2011
CBO says similar bill would cost Social Security Administration $9 billion over 10 years to administer
October 11, 2011
Mr. Chairman, thank you for
this opportunity to give bipartisan consideration of the President’s proposals
on helping unemployed Americans. Hopefully, we can work together to seek
meaningful solutions to the best ways to assist unemployed Americans prepare for
and find new work.
Thursday, my subcommittee plans to hold a hearing about the parts of
President Barack Obama’s jobs bill related to unemployment. This includes an
extension of federal unemployment insurance, as well as new initiatives designed
to help the jobless return to work.
If Congress fails to act by Dec. 31, more than 2 million Americans lose their
Dr. Joe
Gonzales, Superintendent of East Austin College Prep was pleased to hear news of
the funding. “My experience over the last 50
years as an educator confirms what research shows to be the significant
relationship between health-related fitness and academic achievement. At East
October 3, 2011
Washington—Today,
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Chair of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation,
issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Marina
Garcia Marmolejo’s nomination for a federal judgeship in Laredo:
Friends,
September 30, 2011