Press Releases
April 6, 2018
Rep. Doggett will be participating in several community events this weekend. Click here to see his schedule.
March 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, voted against the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus.
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, challenged President Trump’s unwillingness to meaningfully sanction Russia in a Ways and Means hearing questioning Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in a Ways and Means hearing on the public health impacts of current NAFTA negotiations.
March 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the announcement by South Korea’s National Security Adviser that President Trump has accepted an invitation by North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to meet “by May.”
February 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The legislation would level the playing field for domestic companies by ensuring that multinationals pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the United States, ending new tax incentives created by President Trump’s tax law to outsources jobs and shift profits offshore.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) urged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency to take immediate action to eradicate sexual assault and abuse in its detention centers.
Issues:Immigration
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the release of President Trump’s budget and infrastructure plan.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior Member of the House Ways & Means Committee, issued the following statement about the expected release of a classified Republican-drafted memo.
January 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor against the shutdown in favor of a more responsible approach.