Press Releases
September 27, 2011
Washington-- Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett appeared on MSNBC's Politics Nation to discuss healthcare reform and the Supreme Court:
Rep. Doggett also noted during hisremarks that allowing the Supplemental Grant program to expire is in starkcontrast to Republicans' previous support for this program. In October of 2001,Governor Rick Perry sent a letter to Tom DeLay urging the extension of TANFSupplemental Grants, saying that: "These grants have played an important role inhelping hard-working men and women in Texas achieve independence from publicassistance.
While praising the bipartisan nature of this bill andindicating that he fully supports it versus allowing the two programs that itextends to expire, Rep. Doggett also acknowledged that this bill does not go farenough to meet more children'sneeds.
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The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20551
Washington--House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Chairman Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), today unveiled legislation, The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, to provide assistance to at-risk families, youth and foster children by improving and extending key child welfare programs. The bill would extend the Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Child Welfare Services programs, and it would
Washington--Today, Rep. Doggett, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee delivered the following speech on the Republicans' disapproval resolution.
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