Press Releases
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in a Ways and Means hearing on the public health impacts of current NAFTA negotiations.
March 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the announcement by South Korea’s National Security Adviser that President Trump has accepted an invitation by North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to meet “by May.”
February 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The legislation would level the playing field for domestic companies by ensuring that multinationals pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the United States, ending new tax incentives created by President Trump’s tax law to outsources jobs and shift profits offshore.
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February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) urged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency to take immediate action to eradicate sexual assault and abuse in its detention centers.
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February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the release of President Trump’s budget and infrastructure plan.
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February 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior Member of the House Ways & Means Committee, issued the following statement about the expected release of a classified Republican-drafted memo.
January 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor against the shutdown in favor of a more responsible approach.
January 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Beto O’Rourke (TX-16) led a letter urging the Senate Finance Committee to scrutinize Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Alex Azar’s record of overseeing prescription drug price increases at Eli Lilly and his former statements on the Affordable Care Act.
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December 19, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), issued the following statement following the passing of former State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon.
December 19, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee and a conferee to the House and Senate Conference Committee, spoke twice on the House Floor against the Republican tax bill that is expected to be voted on in the House.
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