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To see one of the best examples of why we need today’s hearing, you can view a brief ABC News investigative report by Jesse Drucker for Bloomberg News, by clicking here.
Congressman Doggett has been a long-time advocate of open government—of making all levels of government more accessible to the people they represent. As a Texas State Senator, he sought more public participation and open decision-making, as a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court, his work to make some of the workings of our justice system more open, won him a James Madison Award by the Freed
Congressman Doggett: Social Security at 75 years is More Important and More Necessary Now, Than Ever
There is every reason to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Social Security, but unfortunately resistance from various forces to Social Security has lasted more than 75 years and continues to this day—it just changes forms and tactics. Ensuring that our grandchildren have the same protection as our grandparents do today must remain a goal.
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.
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.
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.
I have been trying to put a stop to the unchecked growth of tax breaks and to slow our growing National debt. I am concerned about spending—whether through the Appropriations Act or the Tax Code. We need to closely examine both types of expenditures to ensure that each is effective, efficient and truly necessary.
I have been trying to put a stop to the unchecked growth of tax breaks and to slow our growing National debt. I am concerned about spending—whether through the Appropriations Act or the Tax Code. We need to closely examine both types of expenditures to ensure that each is effective, efficient and truly necessary.
44 million Americans are carrying in their wallet or purse something that makes them more vulnerable to identity theft: their Medicare card. Apart from the Social Security card itself, the Medicare card is the most frequently issued government document containing a person’s Social Security number and displaying such information on Medicare cards unnecessarily places millions of individuals at-