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August 17, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chair of the Prescription Drug Task Force, issued the following statement after Trump’s Department of Justice agreed to settle charges against Mylan’s EpiPen rebate misclassification for $465 million. The misclassification could have cost taxpayers to overpay as much as $1.27 billion from 2006 to 2016, according to an estimate from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.
Issues:Healthcare

August 16, 2017

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member responded to President Trump's remarks yesterday and Rep. Kevin Brady's Republican tax-writing retreat taking place at Rancho del Cielo in California, today. Rep. Doggett said:


August 15, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement after a panel of three federal judges issued a ruling on the 2013 Texas congressional maps:


August 11, 2017

Debbie Hernandez meets with a group of her neighbors once a week to talk about ways to reduce crime in her neighborhood. She formed a Nextdoor page to connect neighbors and report incidents, and she's met with officials to talk about cleaning up the roads and highways near Lackland Air Force Base.


August 6, 2017

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Democratic congressmen want more details about preliminary plans to build a section of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall through a federal wildlife refuge, saying such a move could do serious damage to the environment.


August 6, 2017

Texas State University's Joe Falocco, an associate professor in the Department of English, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in support of his "Teaching Shakespeare's Plays" project.


August 3, 2017

Texas has long been a leader in energy production, which puts our politicians in a unique position when it comes to climate change.

While politicians need to protect one of their state's booming industries, they also must balance the fact that at least some of the energy Texas produces is harming the environment.


July 31, 2017

Congressional Democrats are starting to push back against conservative influence groups that are rallying around tax reform with a public relations blitz.


July 31, 2017

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member responded to the Koch network launching a multi-million dollar campaign to promote tax cuts. They kickoff their latest push at the Newseum today with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and continue thereafter with a conference: Rep. Doggett said: