Press Releases
I am joining San Marcos Mayor Guerrero to assess areas affected by flooding and work to ensure help gets to those who need it. Currently, there are shelters open at the San Marcos Activity Center and South Austin Rec Center. Check updates here.
May 13, 2015
by: U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett
The recommendation by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS, that the San Antonio missions be designated as a collective World Heritage Site is truly “monumental.”
May 7, 2015
Washington-- Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Rep. David E. Price (NC-04) sent a letter to President Obama supporting his administration's efforts to negotiate a comprehensive and verifiable nuclear agreement that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The letter was signed by 150 Members of Congress.
April 26, 2015
By: Pamela Yip
It’s about time.
For three years, I’ve been getting on the federal government to stop imprinting Social Security numbers on Medicare cards, a practice that placed millions of people at risk for financial losses from identity theft.
I’m finally getting my wish.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama signed legislation that, among other things, will end the use of Social Security numbers as the main identifier on Medicare cards.
All I can say is, hooray.
APRIL 20, 2015
ByROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — Concerned about the rising prevalence and sophistication of identity theft, most private health insurance companies have abandoned the use of Social Security numbers to identify individuals. The federal government even forbids private insurers to use the numbers on insurance cards when they provide medical or drug benefits under contract with Medicare.
APRIL 17, 2015
BY DREW JOSEPH
At 11:59 p.m. Thursday, things got a lot quieter in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill and Alta Vista neighborhoods.
A new quiet zone, years in the making, officially started then, meaning Union Pacific trains that rumble through the area can only blow their horns in emergencies. The zone, which stretches from West Hollywood Avenue to Hickman Street, is the city’s 11th, according to the Transportation and Capital Improvements department.
March 04, 2015
By: Michael McAuliff
WASHINGTON -- Democrats on Wednesday fired their own salvo in Capitol Hill's ongoing tax cut battles, offering a slew of breaks that would primarily help middle-class and lower-income earners.
February 20, 2015
By Tim Eaton
Federal health officials offered a break Friday to uninsured Texans who could be facing fines for not obtaining health insurance by the Feb. 15 deadline established by the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created a special enrollment period for uninsured people who face fines when they file their income taxes this year so that they do not face higher fines next year. This special enrollment will be only for people in states with federally run marketplaces, like Texas.