Committee Statment
Mr. Chairman, thank you forthis opportunity to give bipartisan consideration of the President's proposalson helping unemployed Americans. Hopefully, we can work together to seekmeaningful solutions to the best ways to assist unemployed Americans prepare forand find new work.
[Text of Ranking Member Doggett's remarks as delivered follow below]
Each weekend that my wife and I are back in Texas, we try to devote a little bit of time to our three pre-school granddaughters. The joy of being with them and witnessing their growth, their learning, their creativity, and also their innocence and vulnerability are in such contrast, from homes where they are surrounded by love, compared with what we see played out on national TV, with the abuse and death of too many young children.
July 7, 2011
July 7, 2011
Washington-- Today, in the House Ways and Means Committee mock mark-up of three pending trade agreements, Rep. Doggett voiced his strong belief that the United States needs a "new, 21st Century Trade Policy" that recognizes the importance of worker and environmental standards.
You can watch that video below:
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The panel, invited to present the views of multinational corporations included:
[Remarks as prepared for delivery]
This is not a path to prosperity; it is a path to mediocrity; it is a path to insecurity; it's the wrong path. We welcome a spirited debate about our economic future. Mr. Ryan fails to offer a balanced approach to achieve our shared objective of a balanced budget. You might say that in short, we Democrats say that this budget is just not our cup of tea.