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September 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling blocking a lower court’s decision on Texas Congressional maps.

September 12, 2017
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, an Austin Democrat, is asking about prisoner safety in Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey. Inmates stayed put at state and federal prisons while the city lost its water supply for about a week.

September 11, 2017
When Hurricane Harvey struck, it brought the worst flooding in recent memory; but more importantly, it brought out what is best about Texas. We saw not just first responders, but also neighbors putting their community first, working to save their neighbors. The worst of times brings out the best in people. As we now recall the anniversary of 9/11, we also recall how our country rises to meet great challenges.

September 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Emboldened by Republican control of the White House and both houses of Congress, President Donald Trump had hoped to replace Obamacare and overhaul the entire tax code by the end of the year.

September 6, 2017
More than 150 people chanted in protest outside the John H. Wood Federal Courthouse Tuesday afternoon following the Trump administration’s formal announcement to end DACA, a program that granted two-year, renewable work permits to more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children and protected them from deportation.

September 5, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents a number of “Dreamers” in San Antonio, Austin, and San Marcos, issued the following response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s announcement ending the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) program in six months, jeopardizing the legal status of approximately 800,000 Dreamers in the United States. Rep. Doggett said:

September 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration, in line with its tough immigration policy, is keeping red tape in place that could make it harder for immigrants in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to find jobs with contractors, a decision critics say is likely to slow the Gulf Coast's recovery.


September 1, 2017

Questions about immigration status are "still off the table" for San Antonio police after a federal judge blocked most of the new Texas "sanctuary cities" law set to take effect Friday, Police Chief William McManus said Thursday.

The San Antonio Police Department will have to change its policies after U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia on Wednesday upheld a portion of Senate Bill 4, which creates penalties for local governments that prohibit police from asking about immigration status.


August 21, 2017
San Antonio, Texas – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-San Antonio) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) announced that the U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $1.1 million pre-apprenticeship grant to SA Youth, which serves at-risk individuals throughout San Antonio.

August 21, 2017

Hundreds of demonstrators, galvanized by the violence that turned fatal in Virginia one week ago, took to Austin City Hall on Saturday to promote a message of love and unity.

"The purpose in getting out here is to start helping heal the nation. That hasn't been done on a higher, administrative level, yet," said rally speaker Henry King. "It's been attempted, but we really need to put humanity and peace even over America. We need to be human first and American second."