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January 25, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) - President Trump has promised to ensure back pay is given to federal workers. But, many local organizations will continue to meet basic needs for workers, until that promise is kept.
January 21, 2019
Tamea Hill last took part in San Antonio’s Martin Luther King Jr. march when she was 3 years old. Now 12, she marched on Monday with her 8-year-old sister Tamesha and her mom Tameka.
January 21, 2019
SAN ANTONIO - Hundreds of thousands of people marched throughout the city’s East Side on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of inclusion and equality.
January 19, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Lloyd Doggett released the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s disappointing announcement that he is not reopening government:
January 17, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Lloyd Doggett was named Chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, the oldest committee of the United States Congress. In addition, he will serve on the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee (formerly Tax) and was named to serve on the House Budget Committee. He released the following statement:
January 17, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Today—the deadline for Congress to block the Trump Administration’s lifting of sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s companies—Congressman Doggett spoke on the House floor in support of today’s vote on a resolution of disapproval. In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the House just voted to block sanctions relief for certain sanctioned Russian companies. The Senate should now do the same. This vote should rejuvenate a Senate effort supported by all Democrats and 11 Republicans, which fell only two Republican votes short for cloture yesterday. Congressman Lloyd Doggett’s speech in full is here and, in part, below:
January 16, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Tomorrow, at the deadline for Congress to block the Trump Administration’s lifting of sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s companies, the House is expected to vote on a resolution of disapproval. A successful vote tomorrow could rejuvenate a Senate effort supported by all Democrats and 11 Republicans, falling only two votes short for cloture earlier today. Congressman Lloyd Doggett commented:
January 15, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Lloyd Doggett reacted to today’s Senate vote to begin debate on a resolution of disapproval of the Trump Administration’s effort to lift sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s companies, and to the House introduction of a similar resolution. Congressman Doggett previously uncovered that the Trump Administration granted a tariff exemption to Rusal USA a mere three days after the Helsinki summit, raising the exemption in a hearing in July of last year. He has been asking questions regarding these transactions since last spring.
January 13, 2019
Austin ISD and the Gus Garcia Young Men’s Leadership Academy community will have a memorial service Jan. 14 at 9 a.m. for the school’s namesake, Gus Garcia, who died Dec. 16.