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June 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision regarding the Texas redistricting case:
KVUE: Austin Congressman says Trump executive order leaves future of Texas border children uncertain
Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett released a video thanking his constituents for speaking out against separating immigrant families at the Texas border. He also said he will be pushing for legislation.
June 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement on the cruel Trump policy to separate and detain families seeking asylum and his new executive order:
“President Trump’s sudden reversal on family separation shows clearly that no law, no court, no Democrat has prevented him from stopping his horrifying policy. With their silence and double-talk, our Republican colleagues have been his enablers. Clearly, Trump could already have ended his self-imposed wrongdoing as fast as he saluted a North Korean General. Now, he needs to explain how soon these terrified toddlers can be returned into their mother’s arms and to apologize for the great pain and child abuse that he has inflicted.
June 20, 2018
AUSTIN -- Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett says the Department of Homeland Security lied about having a policy to separate immigrant families.
This after the KVUE defenders exposed how immigrants seeking asylum were separated despite breaking no laws when they entered the U.S.
After KVUE’s story in February, members of Congress sent a letter to the Homeland Security secretary requesting the department’s policies and initiatives for separating families at the border. In response, Homeland Security claimed no such policy exists.
June 19, 2018
See where statewide elected officials and members of the Texas congressional delegation come down on the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration enforcement policy that separates immigrant kids from their parents.
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June 17, 2018
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, on the House floor last week compared a slate of bills targeting the opioid epidemic to the equivalent of using a garden hose to fight a wildfire. Congress is considering more than 30 bills to address what health experts have characterized as an ongoing crisis.
June 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Tax Policy, spoke on the floor of the House about the very modest opioid bills the House is considering this week. He detailed the ways in which these measures fall far short of confronting the dire opioid crisis and holding Big Pharma accountable. You can watch his speech here or read the remarks below.
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June 7, 2018
Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued the below joint statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to a letter they sent on April 17, 2018, along with Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX), alleging that the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Department of Justice engaged in illegal political discrimination when hiring immigration judges and members of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA):
June 4, 2018
Overpromising and underdelivering defines the Trump administration. As your editorial correctly notes, President Donald Trump’s prescription “blueprint” stops far short of needed reforms.
June 2, 2018
4:45 p.m. update: U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett joined dozens of protesters in downtown Austin to condemn the separation of immigrant families trying to enter the United States.
“It strikes me as fundamentally wrong that we literally tear babes from the arms of their mothers,” Doggett said at a rally in Republic Square Park. “This kind of separation causes permanent scars on these children.”