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November 8, 2023
My columns from Israel and the West Bank over the past few weeks have been depressing, reflecting my fear that we’re on a bloody, downward spiral that will make everything worse. So let me share what I saw as an ember of hope.
November 7, 2023
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and 101 lawmakers urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen and finalize the proposed Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting rule.
Issues:Healthcare
November 6, 2023
Nearly 100 House Democrats are calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strengthen a proposed rule that would set minimum staffing standards for nursing homes.
The letter anchored by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) will be sent to the agency this afternoon, joining more than 25,000 comments already filed on the proposal.
October 30, 2023
The shortage of air traffic controllers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is back in the news, amid troubling new revelations about the harrowing close call in February, when a landing FedEx cargo plane came within seconds of colliding with a Southwest Airlines flight.
The 128 people taking off on Southwest Flight 708 for Cancún that morning had no idea what nearly hit them.
October 23, 2023
In May of 2022, just over two months after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. This piece of bipartisan legislation recalled the historic program used by the United States during World War II to help supply its allies and ensure the defeat of Nazi Germany. Ukrainian diplomats worked hard to extend the Lend-Lease program beyond September 2023, but it expired on September 30.
October 19, 2023
Washington Post, by the Editorial Board
October 17, 2023
October 18, 2023
Moral clarity is essential, especially during crises. No history, no narrative, no sense of injustice, however burning, can justify the deliberate slaughter of civilians. The Israelis whom Hamas murdered weren’t the collateral damage of a military offensive; they weren’t intertwined with military targets; they were civilians going about their lives. They were the victims of uncontrolled rage and a distorted ideology.
October 16, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) urged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acting Administrator Polly Trottenberg to address low air traffic controller staffing levels at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA). Following concerning reports of near misses threatening passenger and staff safety, Rep. Doggett specifically called on the FAA to increase both the number and training of air traffic controllers, advance the ranking of ABIA to a level 10 terminal facility, and expand airspace levels surrounding ABIA.
October 10, 2023
Texas public schools need at least $40 billion this biennium to reach the national per-student funding average. Texas has this money sitting in our treasury. Yet, rather than investing that in our students, Governor Abbott is focused on a taxpayer-funded voucher plan that would divert money from public schools and send it to unaccountable private schools that select choice students.
October 10, 2023
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement:
"I completed an informative briefing regarding the surprise attack on Israel. We affirm our support for Israel and especially the many families who are suffering from the criminal actions of Hamas.