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September 27, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Congress are on a collision course over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement as the White House prepares to release text of a trade deal with Mexico that does not include Canada.
September 27, 2018
Following a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, several Democrats on the House Ways & Means Committee said the earliest Congress was likely to vote on a NAFTA-like deal is February or March.
September 27, 2018
WASHINGTON — Proposals to expand the new tax law by adding incentives for savings and startup businesses have passed the House as Republicans push legislation forward ahead of the approaching midterm elections.
September 26, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) released the following video message as his amendment to require pilot medical certificates for commercial hot air balloon operators passed the House of Representatives. Rep. Doggett authored this legislation after the 2016 crash in Lockhart, Texas, where 16 people lost their lives in the deadliest commercial balloon crash in our history, the worst aviation disaster in America this decade. After years trying to get FAA to act, and repeated efforts to get his hot air balloon safety amendment attached to a must pass bill that never seemed to move, finally—over 2 years after this tragedy—the legislation for which the survivors petitioned will become law and other families may be spared such pain.
September 26, 2018
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 is expected to receive full Congressional approval and be signed into law by President Donald Trump as early as next week according to officials involved with authoring the bill.
September 22, 2018
UT Health San Antonio’s response to the opioid crisis by distributing lifesaving naloxone overdose drugs to our Fire Department is encouraging.
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September 18, 2018
Around nearly every corner of the bustling U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 5, from the Rayburn building to Longworth, you could spot burnt orange. For the fourth-annual Longhorns on the Hill, UT President Greg Fenves, Texas Exes Executive Director Chuck Harris, BBA ’86, Life Member, and small groups of Texas Exes advocates spent a full day day speed-walking through the halls of the Capitol, darting between 30 meetings held with members of the Texas delegation. Whether through a lengthy sit-down around a long table in a congressional office, a hallway chat, or even an impromptu mid-committee hearing meeting with Rep. Lloyd Doggett, BBA ’67, JD ’70, Life Member, UT alumni made their voices heard about the value of higher education.
September 18, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), releases a statement in response to San Antonio’s recognition as one of four winners of the 2018 RWJF Culture of Health Prize awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Prize honors communities for their unwavering efforts to ensure all residents have the opportunity to live healthier lives:
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September 15, 2018
The Trump administration's border clampdown has placed a record number of immigrant children in U.S. custody, the New York Times reports.
September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee of Ways & Means, offered an amendment to prevent more tax breaks for multinationals until Republicans deliver on Trump’s promise of wage increases for working families. Watch his full remarks here. Excerpts below:
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