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May 22, 2018
In a closed door meeting, Gov. Greg Abbott sat down with fellow lawmakers and other experts Tuesday afternoon for the first day of scheduled roundtable discussions on school safety and gun violence following a massacre at Santa Fe High School last week. Abbott, a Republican, said the discussions are designed to develop strategies that will prevent further shootings.
May 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), an active member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, issued a statement about the epidemic of gun violence and the exclusion of the leadership of state teacher organizations and of two prominent gun safety groups from development of a state plan to address it. You can view Rep. Doggett’s video statement here and read his statement below. Please reach out if you would like the video file in a different format.
May 21, 2018
"San Antonio Postmaster Robert D. Carr Jr., Executive Director of San Antonio Tricentennial Commission Carlos Contreras, Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales, and U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett unveiled the City's official Tricentennial Pictorial Postmark from the U.S. Postal Service, an exciting federal recognition of our City's 300th year to kick-off Commemorative Week."
May 18, 2018
There will never be enough horrifying shootings to force this NRA-controlled Congress to enact reasonable gun safety measures. The only way to ensure greater protection for our children is to replace this Congress with those committed to act. Enough moments of silence, we need moments of action to prevent other families from suffering the pain being suffered in Santa Fe.
May 18, 2018
Washington, D.C.—Today, the Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force, led by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), joined Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) to call on the Trump Administration to step in to lower the cost of naloxone drugs. The Task Force urged the Administration to grant a request submitted by the Baltimore City Health Department and Public Citizen to use existing federal authority to address the soaring cost of naloxone drugs during the opioid crisis.
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May 17, 2018
Maya Diaz, a junior at Brackenridge HS, placed first in Congressional District 35 in the United States Congressional Institutes nationwide Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, the Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. District 35's Lloyd Doggett presented Diaz the honor on May 14, 2018, at the school library. Diaz's artwork will be on display in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Capitol for a year. Sarah Estrada, a junior at Jefferson HS, placed third in Congressional District 20 and recieved recognition from Joaquin Castro earlier this month.
May 17, 2018
Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX35) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME1) introduced the Reducing Drug Waste Act, a bicameral bill to reduce single use drug waste and save taxpayer money. An identical version of the Reducing Drug Waste Act, a bipartisan bill, was introduced in the Senate by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
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May 15, 2018
Two democratic San Antonio Congressmen — Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio — are speaking out against the proposed Farm Bill and cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, also known as SNAP.
May 14, 2018
San Antonio, Texas – Today, local arts leaders, Brackenridge Principal Yesenia Cordova and art teacher Theresa Ybanez, joined a celebration for Maya Diaz, a junior at Brackenridge High School in San Antonio.
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May 14, 2018
Proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) would leave an estimated 10,000 Bexar County residents without food assistance, according to estimates from U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's office.