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October 10, 2018
President Donald Trump has signed a bill containing legislation designed to prevent medically unfit pilots from causing balloon crashes such as the tragedy that struck outside Lockhart more than two years ago.
October 3, 2018
Bexar County has been awarded four federal grants worth $3 million to fight opioid abuse and addiction, Congressman Lloyd Doggett announced Tuesday in San Antonio.
October 2, 2018
SAN ANTONIO -- Bexar County continues to fight the opioid crisis. On Tuesday, the county received more than $3 million in federal funds to fight addiction and mental illness.
October 1, 2018
WASHINGTON—Investors greeted the completion of a new North American trade pact with relief Monday, lifting most indexes, as the Trump administration turned its focus on getting the deal through a divided Congress and toward even larger economic feuds with China.
September 30, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the Trade Subcommittee of Ways & Means, and a representative of the place where the original NAFTA was signed, released this statement in reaction to the agreement to a new trilateral NAFTA:
Rivard Report: Bexar County to Receive $1.65M in Federal Grants to Continue Battling Opioid Epidemic
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced that Bexar County will receive $1.65 million in grant funding to continue efforts to battle the local opioid epidemic.
September 27, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio) and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff announce two critical grant awards for Bexar County from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. These funds will be used for the Bexar County Opioid Prevention and Intervention Program, which will focus on residential treatment, outpatient treatment, and the hiring of a full-time planner to create a community wide strategic plan. Additionally, a portion of these funds will be used to treat women with mental illnesses and co-occurring opioid addition.
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September 27, 2018
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a new bill to make flying in a hot air balloon safer for the pilot and passengers. This comes more than two years after the deadly hot air balloon crash in Lockhart, Texas.
September 27, 2018
KTBC covers U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's passage of his hot air balloon safety legislation.
We have successfully passed our aviation safety legislation in the House of Representatives in memory of those that lost their lives in the 2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash. For the many who prayed and mourned the loss resulting from this unnecessary tragedy, know that you have been heard. We cannot bring these precious lives back. But now, with today’s progress, we hope no more families will be exposed to the horror of a crash from an impaired pilot.
September 27, 2018
KENS covers U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's passage of his hot air balloon safety legislation.
We have successfully passed our aviation safety legislation in the House of Representatives in memory of those that lost their lives in the 2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash. For the many who prayed and mourned the loss resulting from this unnecessary tragedy, know that you have been heard. We cannot bring these precious lives back. But now, with today’s progress, we hope no more families will be exposed to the horror of a crash from an impaired pilot.