Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, led a group of 113 Members in urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use its existing executive authority to further improve coverage of medically necessary dental care.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax, Danny K. Davis (D-IL), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, and Adrian Smith (R-NE), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, introduced bipartisan legislation to remove a financial and logistical barrier impairing students from securing higher education opportunities. The Tax Free Pell Grants Act expands the usage of Pell Grants on a tax-free basis, improves coordination with the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), and ensures students do not lose out on any AOTC benefits.

AUSTIN – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced more than $1.4 million in federal funding he secured through the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations process to establish a Cybersecurity Training Center at the Austin Community College (ACC) Rio Grande Campus. 

Austin, TX – On Monday, April 24, at 11 AM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will join Austin Community College District (ACC) leaders at the ACC Rio Grande Campus to unveil details of a project to establish a Cybersecurity Training Center at ACC with federal funds Rep. Doggett secured.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) issued this statement following the arraignment of Donald Trump in New York:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, introduced the Medicare Fraud Detection and Deterrence Act—legislation that would equip the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with the additional authority it needs to hold convicted Medicare fraudsters accountable and to stop repeat offenders. He also introduced the Preventing Medicare Telefraud Act—companion legislation to establish reasonable guardrails to prevent tens of billions of dollars in telehealth-related fraud concerning high-cost durable medical equipment and lab testing.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, responded to the Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to deny a petition for a hearing concerning price gouging on prostate cancer drug Xtandi, which was developed with taxpayer dollars.