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November 17, 2023
Transcript: After Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. and European allies banned the import of Russian oil and natural gas. But a new report reveals that fuel made in part from Russian crude is still ending up in American gas tanks. Nick Schifrin and producer Teresa Cebrian report on a new investigation released by the organization, Global Witness.
November 16, 2023
“No state does a worse job at renewal than Texas”
A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found the number of children insured under Medicaid in Texas and elsewhere increased during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
But with pandemic-era continuing coverage ending, those numbers are declining as part of the so-called “Medicaid unwinding” removing otherwise qualified people from the program, which is also the largest insurance program in the country for children.
November 15, 2023
Washington, D.C.— Two active members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, joined by 51 colleagues, introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation in further response to Russian atrocities in Ukraine by strengthening the current ban on Russian petroleum products as well as supporting Ukrainian reconstruction and recovery. Leading the effort are U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.
November 13, 2023
Washington, D.C.—As countries around the world convene at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), joined by 12 Members, urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address critical oversights currently missing in the Zero Draft text of an internationally legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. Specifically, the Members push for robust criteria to identify and phase out single-use plastics and implement rigorous measures to prevent and remove secondary microplastic pollution. The Members also call on the Administration to work with known big polluting industries—from tire manufacturers to textile producers—to determine best practices in addressing the root causes of secondary microplastic pollution.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
November 13, 2023
Former president Donald Trump denigrated his domestic opponents and critics during a Veterans Day speech Saturday, calling those on the other side of the aisle “vermin” and suggesting that they pose a greater threat to the United States than countries such as Russia, China or North Korea. That language is drawing rebuke from historians, who compared it to that of authoritarian leaders.
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.