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April 26, 2018
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett’s (D-TX) hot air balloon pilot safety amendment, was approved as a part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act.
April 26, 2018
An Austin congressman, whose district runs into parts of San Antonio, has offered up federal legislation to make hot-air balloon flights safer.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) delivered remarks on the House Floor on an amendment he authored, designed to prevent more tragedies similar to the devastating hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people near Lockhart in 2016.
April 23, 2018
Highlights
• More than 2,000 Central Texas students meet at Austin’s Wooldridge Square to rally for gun control laws.
• The nationwide school walkout came on the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
• Kelsey Tasch knows she’s far more likely to die in a car accident than a school shooting.
April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON - Two San Antonio congressmen on Tuesday demanded that Attorney General Jeff Sessions answer allegations that the Justice Department is improperly rejecting candidates for immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals based on politics.
April 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, and Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Don Beyer (D-VA) have questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions about whistleblower allegations that the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) may be using ideological and political considerations to illegally block the hiring of immigration judges.
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April 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, and Congressmen Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and David Cicilline (D-RI) introduced the Special Counsel Transparency Act, a bill that would preserve the important work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in the event that President Trump fires him.
April 16, 2018
Highlights: GOP Rep. Michael McCaul and Sen. John Cornyn praise the president’s actions. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and some other Democrats say Trump should have sought congressional approval.
April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, delivered remarks on the House Floor opposing Republicans’ hypocritical and fiscally irresponsible Balanced Budget Amendment.
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April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON — With tax rates falling, spending rising and deficits soaring, House Republicans dusted off a long-debated proposal on Thursday to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget — only to watch it fail.
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