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December 31, 2023
Migrant fatalities surge to record rate amid inadequate tracking, identification
December 18, 2023
WASHINGTON — U.S. representatives from Austin and other progressive Texans voted against a House resolution condemning antisemitism at university campuses and the "evasive and dismissive" response by elite higher education officials "to simply condemn such action."
Congress on Wednesday in a bipartisan three-page resolution slapped back at the presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania, who, in a U.S. House hearing a week earlier, failed to condemn calls for genocide of Jews at their campuses, lawmakers say. The resolution calls for the university presidents' ouster and had almost total GOP support but only a little more than one-third from deeply divided Democrats.
December 13, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee, released the following statement regarding the approval of his bipartisan Russian War Crimes in Ukraine Tax Act, H.R. 6416, by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). The bill would support Ukrainian reconstruction by taxing frozen Russian sovereign assets in connection with the invasion of Ukraine.
December 11, 2023
Consider this: The most dangerous place to be a child in the world today is Gaza.
That’s the assessment of Catherine Russell, the executive director of UNICEF, who is not a bleeding-heart radical but a former ambassador and veteran lawyer who worked for Presidents Biden and Barack Obama.
December 8, 2023
Democrats in both chambers are looking to ban the most common uses of plastic foam.
December 7, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, and a longtime advocate for a federal response to prescription price gouging who previously sought use of “march-in” taxpayer protection authority on pharmaceuticals, responded to the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights:
Issues:Healthcare
December 7, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, “loose fill” such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers – materials known to cause adverse health effects and pollute waterways. The Farewell to Foam Act will prohibit the sale and distribution of these items beginning January 2026 while aiming to support the transition to alternatives.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
December 5, 2023
I voted “present” for H. Res. 894, not for a lack of commitment to condemn antisemitism and the Hamas atrocities as well as the outrageous examples of violent antisemitism referenced in the Resolution, but because of some of the language tucked into this measure and some that is omitted.
December 5, 2023
US lawmakers are pushing for a ban on fuel imports from refineries that use Russian crude oil, as researchers suggest such transactions have bolstered Russia’s tax revenue by up to US$275mn so far this year.
December 4, 2023
Washington, D.C.—In a surprising new email obtained by Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Governor Greg Abbott’s Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) offers only a raffle and “6 Days of Merry Service” to resolve the growing backlog in Medicaid and SNAP applications. Beginning today, an overburdened and demoralized workforce must complete 15 hours of overtime in six days to be entered into a raffle, on top of an already mandated monthly 20 hours of overtime required during the past three years. Today, Rep. Doggett is again urging Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to fulfill federal enforcement responsibilities and require a comprehensive corrective action plan from Texas HHSC, implemented under federal supervision, to ensure timely assistance to Texans in need.
Issues:Healthcare