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March 12, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, the House Ways and Means Committee considered U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett’s (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee, Resolution of Inquiry into Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) hostile takeover of the Treasury Department’s payment systems. Republicans on the committee voted to keep Musk and DOGE’s actions secret, including likely violations of federal law.

March 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 11 – As millions of seniors and people with disabilities struggle to afford dentures, hearing aids and eye glasses, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced bicameral legislation to expand access to dental, hearing and vision care for the 68 million American seniors on Medicare.
Issues:Healthcare

March 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC--House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding answers from the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Trump Administration’s reckless purge of workers at the agency.
Issues:Healthcare

March 6, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced the Farewell to Foam Act, bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, “loose fill” such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers – materials known to cause harmful health effects and pollute waterways. This bill prohibits the sale and distribution of these items beginning January 2028 while aiming to support the transition to alternatives.

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Rep. Doggett fact checks President Trump during joint address
March 5, 2025
“This speech coincides with Trump’s imposition of his new 25% grocery tax on fresh produce and everything else upon which we rely from Mexico and Canada. Despite his repeated promises, he has done nothing to lower prices, and now he’s spiking them.”

March 4, 2025
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Democrats released the following joint statement in response to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico that went into effect today: “President Trump is threatening our economy with these damaging, unnecessary tariffs. He is on the verge of sparking several trade wars that will be fought on multiple fronts, including against some of our closest friends and allies, upending the international trading system the United States worked to create.

February 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—All Ways and Means Committee Democrats, led by Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), are using a key tool for Congress to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch, and have introduced a Resolution of Inquiry into DOGE and Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of Treasury’s payment systems. This egregious breach of confidential tax and health information is a dangerous and unlawful invasion of every Americans’ privacy. Every Ways and Means Democrat is fighting to hold the Trump-Musk Administration accountable for this unprecedented breach of sensitive information.

February 7, 2025
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Steve Cohen (TN-9), Don Bacon (NE-2) and Lance Gooden (TX-5) today introduced a measure to include the Czech Republic on the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. with E-1 visas if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.

February 5, 2025
Washington, DC – With President Trump’s aimless 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico under negotiation, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today reintroduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, which would reverse the Trump tax law’s breaks for offshoring jobs and profits.  Republicans are seeking to double down on those incentives for offshoring jobs and profits in their reconciliation bill.

January 30, 2025
“At a time when we very much need to strengthen our margin of air safety in Austin and many other parts of the country, President Trump’s attempt to exploit last night’s tragedy by injecting his perennial attacks on diversity equity and inclusion is truly outrageous."