Speeches
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Full text of Rep. Doggett’s remarks as delivered follow below:
Full text of Rep. Doggett’s remarks as delivered follow below:
The choice here is whether to give more money to insurance monopolies or leave a little bit in the pockets of middle class Americans. But for House Republicans, putting insurance companies first seems to be a pre-existing condition.
Full text of Rep. Doggett’s remarks as prepared for delivery follow below:
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“On Day One of this new Congress, the Republicans’ first step is backwards. While professing such great concern about spending and debt, they abandon pay-as-you-go budgeting, returning to the Bush-Cheney approach— endless borrowing.
Congressman Doggett Speaks in Favor of Wall Street Reform and Its Important Protections for Families
Today I spoke in favor of the Wall Street Reform bill. If you are mugged on the street, you’ll lose the contents of your wallet, but if you are mugged by Wall Street, you can lose the savings of a lifetime.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent in a misguided court case freeing corporations to engage directly in political activity that had long been prohibited, including financing their own campaign commercials.
Today, on the House floor, I spoke in favor of the Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act, which includes provisions to spur investment in local rebuilding projects and to help our small businesses grow, fueling our Central Texas economy. Specifically, the bill includes a measure that I authored to crack down on foreign corporations using tax havens to dodge American taxes.
Today, on the House floor, I spoke in favor of the Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act, which includes provisions to spur investment in local rebuilding projects and to help our small businesses grow, fueling our Central Texas economy. Specifically, the bill includes a measure that I authored to crack down on foreign corporations using tax havens to dodge American taxes.