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October 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee, joined Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), and David Mitchell, cancer patient and founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs, to shine a light on the skyrocketing cost of drugs. Together, they introduced legislation that would direct the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate with drug manufacturers for lower prices on covered Medicare Part D drugs.
October 24, 2017
The Children’s Health Insurance Program began two decades ago as a bipartisan initiative, but it has now expired due to Republican indifference. The certainty of health insurance for an estimated 26,800 Bexar County children and 9 million across America could permanently disappear, along with services for many disadvantaged mothers.
Issues:Healthcare
October 23, 2017
Claiming the Federal Aviation Administration has “failed to act,” three Texas lawmakers announced Monday they’re filing bipartisan legislation to require medical exams for commercial balloon pilots after the deadly crash near Lockhart last year that killed 16 people.
October 23, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), joined by Reps. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Will Hurd (R-TX) filed bipartisan legislation directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require medical certifications for commercial balloon pilots. This bill follows the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation of the fatal 2016 hot-air balloon crash that occurred in the Congressional district Rep. Doggett represents near Lockhart.
October 22, 2017
Analysis supports claim that tax proposal mainly benefits top 1 percent.
October 19, 2017
A House Democrat is urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to crack down on hot air balloon operations following a deadly crash in Texas last year.
Federal investigators determined this week that the 2016 crash, which was the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history, was caused by the pilot’s poor decisionmaking, his medical conditions and medications, and a lack of federal oversight over commercial air balloon operations.
October 19, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, urged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to immediately adopt the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) hot-air balloon recommendations. A 2016 hot-air balloon crash took 16 lives near Lockhart, in the Congressional district represented by Rep. Doggett. He has also authored legislative proposals to adopt these safety rules, but the FAA could and should act now.
October 19, 2017
San Antonio, Texas – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio), senior Member of the House Ways & Means Committee, was joined by physicians and health care providers at The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio to discuss the urgent need for federal reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and share examples of how CHIP affects children and providers in San Antonio.
October 19, 2017
San Antonio, Texas — Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett will discuss the urgent need for federal reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Congressional failure to prevent the critical program from expiring.
October 17, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, issued a statement on the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) findings in its investigation of the fatal 2016 hot-air balloon crash that occurred in the Congressional district he represents near Lockhart.