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March 5, 2025
“This speech coincides with Trump’s imposition of his new 25% grocery tax on fresh produce and everything else upon which we rely from Mexico and Canada. Despite his repeated promises, he has done nothing to lower prices, and now he’s spiking them.”
March 5, 2025
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, led a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Melanie Krause Wednesday blasting the firings of the new hires and the lack of transparency on where the cuts are happening. These Democrats also asked for clarity on how the IRS plans to mitigate the fallout and what the impact of firings are on compliance and the collection of revenue.
March 4, 2025
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Democrats released the following joint statement in response to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico that went into effect today: “President Trump is threatening our economy with these damaging, unnecessary tariffs. He is on the verge of sparking several trade wars that will be fought on multiple fronts, including against some of our closest friends and allies, upending the international trading system the United States worked to create.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
March 4, 2025
President Donald Trump’s new tariff hikes on Canada and Mexico will affect many states and congressional districts he won in the November election — starting with Texas. The Lone Star State, which Trump captured with 56 percent of the vote in 2024, is especially vulnerable to tariffs on Mexican goods. Its two-way trade with Mexico was $272 billion in 2023, or about one-third of total U.S.-Mexican trade that year.
February 20, 2025
February 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—All Ways and Means Committee Democrats, led by Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), are using a key tool for Congress to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch, and have introduced a Resolution of Inquiry into DOGE and Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of Treasury’s payment systems. This egregious breach of confidential tax and health information is a dangerous and unlawful invasion of every Americans’ privacy. Every Ways and Means Democrat is fighting to hold the Trump-Musk Administration accountable for this unprecedented breach of sensitive information.
Forbes: Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk—As USAID Shutdown Sparks Legal Battle
February 7, 2025
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Federal judges issued multiple rulings Thursday targeting President Donald Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship and billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to trim the federal workforce, the latest in a slew of legal actions as Democrats and others fight Musk and Trump in court.
February 7, 2025
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Steve Cohen (TN-9), Don Bacon (NE-2) and Lance Gooden (TX-5) today introduced a measure to include the Czech Republic on the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. with E-1 visas if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
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."