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Congressman Lloyd Doggett recently received the highest score in Texas on the League of Conservation Voters Scorecard with a 97% rating. The Congressman said he was "pleased to receive the highest League of Conservation Voters rating in the Texas delegation for 2015, and maintain my 97% lifetime score for pro-environment votes."

You can view the full scorecard here.

House Democrats Urge Administration to Take Immediate Action to Stop Corporate Inversions following Report on Extent of Pfizer Tax Dodging and Price Gouging

Congressman Doggett "American taxpayers are getting ripped off, and Republicans don’t want you to know how much. Corporations that renounce their American citizenship to dodge taxes are not only putting more of the tax burden on American businesses and families. They are also adding substantially to our national debt. Today, I introduced a motion supported by my Democratic colleagues to tell the public just how much we are losing from tax loopholes."

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The President’s Budget indicates that the “Administration is deeply concerned about rapidly growing prescription drug prices.” I believe it is essential that the Administration use every bit of authority it has under existing law to prevent price gouging. Financial ruin for the sick and dying is not the way to cure cancer or other dread diseases.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following multiple reports of widespread and systematic bribery of politicians and policymakers across Central and East Africa by British American Tobacco (BAT), U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are calling for an immediate investigation of BAT—the world’s second largest publicly-traded tobacco corporation.

I have requested that the Postal Service issue two distinct series of commemorative stamps, one set for each San Antonio Mission, and another to honor the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Alamo, in 2018. These two series of commemorative stamps would be an appropriate way to celebrate these internationally-recognized treasures and San Antonio’s Tricentennial.

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February 1, 2016

The Honorable Megan J. Brennan

"I’m all for taking the bull by the horns, but just not for more bull, of which we hear a lot in Congress. This week, the Ways and Means Committee met to discuss policies to deliver opportunities for all Americans – great in name, but unfortunately a far cry from the reality of a tax code engineered over many decades of lobbying for loopholes to further advantage the advantaged. Instead of perpetuating inequality through a broken tax code, we need to level the playing field for small businesses and working families."

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CAP commends the more than 50 lawmakers in the House who recognize that enough is enough when it comes to the skyrocketing costs of pharmaceuticals. For months now, public opinion polls have shown that consumers, regardless of their political affiliation, are demanding reforms to lower drug prices. One such road to reform is to implement strong executive actions that will help lower costs, improve public health, and jump-start innovation.