Press Releases
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.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
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."
January 28, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement: Trump said he’d be a dictator on Day One. We are now witnessing far more than one day of damning power grabs. He has hit our community directly with an authoritarian decree abruptly halting most all federal loans, grants, and aid impairing work at our schools and universities, community health centers, a large number of vital social service nonprofits, and local governments. As a result, I continue to receive calls of concern from a wide range of groups that have long done much good in Austin.
January 7, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced $15 million in federal funding for Austin Energy to install publicly accessible electric vehicle charging ports across neighborhoods, community centers, public schools and other facilities. Rep. Doggett helped secure these funds through the passage of the 2021 Infrastructure Law.
December 21, 2024
“Good news that Congress approved legislation to maintain government funding instead of permitting another damaging shutdown as happened three times during the last Trump Administration. It’s also great that Musk and Trump failed in their attempt to force Congress to take action now to facilitate their planned tax bill, which would provide even more benefits to America’s billionaires."
December 20, 2024
"Having joined the Chamber of Commerce's successful effort long ago to encourage Samsung to bring its first American fab to Austin, I have appreciated Samsung as a creator of great products and great jobs. Now, through this significant federal investment, Samsung is expanding in both Austin and Taylor. For both our local economic prosperity and our national security, the Chips & Science Act is a win for America. Congratulations to all those who have made Samsung such a success.”
Issues:Growing Our Economy
December 19, 2024
Washington, D.C.—Today, Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led 34 of their colleagues in urging Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai to proceed with reported plans to address ongoing harms attributable to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in U.S. free trade agreements. Specifically, the members call for the elimination, or drastic reduction, of the ability of powerful multinational corporations to use ISDS tribunals to extract unlimited sums from sovereign countries over laws, actions, or court rulings that allegedly conflict with corporate investments.
December 9, 2024
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement:
“Yesterday, the FAA implemented another ground delay at Austin Bergstrom-International Airport (ABIA) on short notice, which affected numerous flights. Inbound flights on Sunday were delayed as much as two and a half hours. Travelers returning home and Central Texans meeting incoming passengers at the airport can expect more FAA-mandated delays during this busy holiday season. Best to check ahead as much as possible.
November 26, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s proposal for Medicare and Medicaid to cover costly weight-loss drugs:
“Big Pharma has been growing fat through price gouging—charging Americans the highest prices in the world. Instead of burdening Medicare with billions in additional costs, President Biden has the authority to reduce drug prices now for weight loss drugs and for drugs developed at taxpayer expense.
Issues:Healthcare
November 20, 2024
Washington, D.C.—Before Donald Trump assumes the White House and a Republican-led Congress attempts to obstruct progress on reigning in pharmaceutical companies, Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are urging the Biden Administration to fulfill its promise and finalize a strengthened framework to lower prescription drug prices and ensure increased transparency, oversight and accessibility of taxpayer-funded medical products. Specifically, the lawmakers ask Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to release the “Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights” by the end of the year.
Issues:Healthcare