Press Releases
November 13, 2012
Rep. Doggett: Last weekend, I spoke at a Veterans Day Parade in Austin that honored Vietnam veterans. We celebrated all our brave men and women of the armed forces and their families for their service, and pledged our continued commitment to them.
November 9, 2012
Best of Austin 2012
Best Elected Official: Lloyd Doggett (Readers Poll, Politics & Personalities)
Austin–More than 30,000 Texas National Guardsmen and women have been deployed over the past few years to keep us safe at home and abroad. While armed to protect us, a KVUE Defenders investigation uncovered they may not be armed with the best system to track military equipment.
October 2, 2012
Washington – Today, the First Focus Campaign for Children, a national, bipartisan child advocacy group, recognized Representative Lloyd Doggett as a "Champion for Children" for leadership on issues important to children during the 112th Congress (2011-2012).
September 23, 2012
Rep. Doggett: Reaching more of our neighbors through American Sign Language, I recently appeared on ACCESS News with Tamara Suiter-Ocuto (and signing provided by Jennifer Stoker).The program already aired on KLRU and will run again on Channel 19 of the ACC Network.
Video courtesy of ACCESS News
September 20, 2012
Washington—Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett spoke on the House floor during debate on TANF waivers in strong opposition to a Republican resolution that would undermine attempts by states to implement new and better ways to move individuals from welfare to work.
"Every able-bodied person who has the capacity to work, should work yet unfortunately, Republicans talk work for everyone else, but they just don't do much work in this Congress," said Rep. Doggett.
September 7, 2012
August 17, 2012
August 15, 2012
Washington—Claims made by Governor Romney that President Obama is somehow ending work requirements in welfare by giving States more flexibility to increase work by welfare recipients has failed all independent reviews of truthfulness.
August 3, 2012
Beginning August 15, 2012, you may access the deferred action application online at www.uscis.gov. The following is a message from Rep. Lloyd Doggett on the importance of applying and the work that remains to be done. The Immigration Policy Center estimates that 226,700 young people in Texas will be eligible to apply.