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March 1, 2018
New legislation introduced today, the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) would help repair the damage to the international tax code wrought by the new Trump-GOP tax lawand move toward a system where U.S. corporations can’t reap tax benefits from shifting jobs and profits offshore.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The legislation would level the playing field for domestic companies by ensuring that multinationals pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the United States, ending new tax incentives created by President Trump’s tax law to outsources jobs and shift profits offshore.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 27, 2018
Two U.S. congressmen representing Texas called for an “expedited audit” of the T. Don Hutto immigrant detention center in Taylor, citing a female asylum seeker’s allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a guard and similar allegations from two other detainees.
Issues:Immigration
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) urged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency to take immediate action to eradicate sexual assault and abuse in its detention centers.
Issues:Immigration
February 16, 2018
Members of Congress representing Central Texas reacted with sadness and frustration after a 19-year-old gunman Wednesday killed 17 people at a Florida high school that he used to attend.
February 15, 2018
U.S. – Shares of gun manufacturers rose in the premarket Thursday, continuing rallies in the wake of the tragic shooting at a high school in Florida.
February 15, 2018
During four days last February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted Austin, apparently in retaliation for Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s justified refusal to honor some warrantless detainers. Despite claims by ICE that its operation targeted “public safety threats,” most of those arrested had no criminal background and most of those who did committed only relatively minor offenses.
Issues:Immigration
February 13, 2018
Putting the burden on state, local government draws wide criticism.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the release of President Trump’s budget and infrastructure plan.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
February 9, 2018
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett had strong words in reaction to the KVUE Defenders story, “Minna’s Journey.”
Issues:Immigration