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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee reacts to the Administration's tax cut proposal as President Trump stumbles to the 100 day mark:
Familiar battle lines were drawn over regulations aimed at stopping inversions after President Donald Trump ordered a broad review of tax regulations Friday.
Critics revived their complaints that the rules went too far, and Trump and his team may agree. But supporters of the regulations said any move to water down or revoke them would reopen the door to corporations gaming the tax system and violate Trump's campaign pledge to crack down on U.S. companies that move abroad.
Dem Leader and Lloyd Doggett lead roundtable on Obamacare
By: Michael King, 4/20/17
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was in town this morning, joining Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett at a roundtable sponsored by Seton/Ascension health care. Follogin a tour of the nearly complete new Dell Seton hospital, the two officials hosted a discussion focused on the role of the Affordable Care Act.
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican state lawmakers, closely tracking Obamacare repeal efforts in Washington, may look to reopen the state's shuttered high-risk pool to insure Texans who can't get coverage elsewhere.
Bills in the Texas House and Senate would allow the state insurance commissioner to set up a temporary high-risk pool if federal funds become available.
Over 50 members of Congress are calling on President Donald Trump to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue guidance on when it will exercise so called "march-in rights," effectively canceling exclusivity when patented drugs are not available on reasonable terms. The lawmakers and one consumer advocacy group held up the process as a solution to Trump's promise to bring down drug prices.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, is introducing the Equitable Student Aid Access Act, which would simplify the not-so-simple FFASA and help students access federal financial aid.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have introduced legislation to discourage the use of corporate tax havens.
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, backed by more than 50 other lawmakers, along with the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act, would curb some tax strategies such as deferral and "check the box" that encourage companies to shift jobs and profits to foreign countries. The legislation also aims to curtail corporate tax inversions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced two bills – the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, joined by over 50 other Members of Congress, and the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act (Corporate Expatriates and Inverters Tax Fairness Act).
Washington, D.C.—Today, 51 members of Congress, led by U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), urged President Donald Trump to fulfill his oft-repeated promise to lower prescription drug prices. Rep. Doggett and his colleagues asked President Trump to protect public access to drugs developed with public dollars. Rep. Doggett, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee and a leader of the House Prescription Drug Task Force, said:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke in support of a resolution that would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to provide President Trump's federal tax returns to Congress. During this Committee consideration, Rep. Lloyd Doggett said: