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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. Corporate lobbyists, he writes, “get away with murder,” citing an Oxfam report stating “that each $1 the biggest companies spent on lobbying was associated with $130 in tax breaks and more than $4,000 in federal loans, loan guarantees and bailouts.” I will keep working to overcome Republican obstructionism that rigs that tax system and exacerbates inequality.
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. In Congress, I remain committed to providing assistance to at-risk families, youth, foster children, and I authored the “Protect Our Kids Act,” which recently issued a report to guide the elimination of child abuse and neglect fatalities nationally.
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Progress on Treasury Action Against Corporate Tax Avoidance
Washington— U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a Senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, responded to Treasury's announcement of new guidance related to corporate inversions:
Monday, March 28, 2016
Rep. Doggett and Lawmakers to NIH and HHS: Act Now on Drug Affordability
WASHINGTON, March 28 - A group of Senate and House lawmakers led by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), co-chairs of the Prescription Drug Taskforce, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), today urged the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to step in to lower the cost of a prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, which costs four times more in the United States than in other major countries.
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
Posted March 24, 2016
It’s Google Fiber.
As a long-time advocate for every American family having access to a family doctor, I’m pleased to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which has enabled 20 million Americans to obtain the medical care they need at a reasonable price. I have often said that I wish the Affordable Care Act were as good as the opponents of reform say it is bad, and while there are undoubtedly improvements to make, we cannot allow repeal as Republicans obsessively seek.
Price gouging by drug companies is a growing problem. Despite Americans reporting this as their top health care concern, Republicans refuse to act. Today, I introduced a motion, supported by my Democratic colleagues, to preserve the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce antitrust laws and protect competition in proposed mergers of drug companies. Republicans did not take this chance to act. You can view my floor speech below.
Today the House passed a modest, bipartisan bill to help foster children find loving homes. This is a welcome improvement, but also serves as a reminder of all the work that remains. There are far too many children in America who suffer from child abuse. The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, established by my Protect Our Kids Act, recently released a report that provides a modest map to prevent these tragedies. But we need Congress to provide the political drive to steer these changes into law and avoid lurching from one tragedy to another.
Today, dedicated health care professionals visited my Washington D.C. Office. Dr. Mary Hoke, Dean of University of the Incarnate Word Nursing School, and Dr. Eileen Breslin, Dean of the Nursing School at the UT Health Science Center, were joined by colleagues and students to advocate for the Nursing Workforce Development Program and funding of the National Institute of Nursing Research.