Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Following a bipartisan congressional request led by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to expand Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians and take other steps to improve their immigration process, Rep. Doggett welcomes the Biden Administration’s new decision to permit Ukrainians present in the United States as of April 11 to apply for TPS—a welcome change from the original cutoff date of March 1, just a week after Putin invaded. Now that the Administration has expanded eligibility and formally published the notice this morning in the Federal Register, USCIS is accepting applications from Ukrainian families seeking TPS status.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) led a bipartisan effort, joined by Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and Mike Quigley (D-IL), along with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), to improve the burdensome bureaucratic immigration processing hurdles too many families are facing. Signed by 65 lawmakers, the letter proposes a set of simple actions—strengthening the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, increasing the availability of doctors for immigration medical checks, speeding inter-agency communication, waiving application fees—that the Administration can and should do today.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, announced today that he has secured $1.6 million in federal appropriations to fund critical infrastructure for economic expansion in Buda in a new bill just signed into law by President Biden.

Austin, TX – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, announced today that he has secured $700,000 in federal appropriations for the new Austin Community College-Austin PBS Educational Media Center in a bill just signed into law by President Biden.

Austin, TX – Tomorrow, March 23, at 10:30 AM—on the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will hold a press conference and discussion with Dell Medical School students and residents about the impact of the ACA on delivering affordable health care to millions of Americans who would otherwise be uninsured, and on the future of health care and health care policy.

Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, the House of Representatives just passed H.R. 7108, “The Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act,” on a 424-8 vote. This legislation would end normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, as Rep. Doggett first proposed on February 25, just one day after Russia invaded Ukraine. The bill now awaits Senate action.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and Executive Board member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), released the following statement about the CPC Executive Action Agenda for the Biden Administration, which includes multiple Rep. Doggett priorities:

Washington, D.C. –U.S. House Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), spoke on the House floor last night during debate on the bill he introduced with Rep. Blumenauer, the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act.