Media

During my recent trip to San Marcos, I stopped by the San Marcos Daily Record to discuss some of the issues we continue to face in Hays County. You can read about my efforts to spend our flood recovery dollars wisely and some of my other priorities in D.C. in the article below:

Doggett ready for challenges to come

By David Short, San Marcos Daily Record

We shouldn’t let corporations ‘take the money and run’ when American families and small businesses pay the price for their price gouging and tax dodging. If the Supreme Court is right that ‘corporations are people too,’ then tax law should reflect it. American citizens who renounce their citizenship pay an exit tax; businesses who look to abandon our country should as well.

In this article, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times calls on Congress to pass my bill, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, to combat the huge cost of cheating that depletes our Treasury and saps funds for important priorities.

Equal Pay Day serves as a powerful reminder that the pay gap persists. Women still earn just 79 cents for every dollar earned by men – It’s past time for ?#‎EqualPay? for equal work.

On April 7th, my San Antonio staff participated in the ?#‎CardboardKidsSA? Child Abuse Prevention Campaign to help protect our city’s most vulnerable.

Progress on Treasury Action Against Corporate Tax Avoidance

Monday, March 28, 2016

The San Antonio tech community is on the rise! With Rackspace Hosting, Geekdom, Techbloc, and an increasing number of startups already calling the Alamo City home, good to welcome new Google Fiber office into our downtown neighborhood, across from my San Antonio office.

The Rivard Report: Google Fiber Setting up Shop at the Rand

By Robert Rivard