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August 4, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act to provide much-needed updates and improvements to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and shift pending COVID-19 vaccine claims from the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) to the VICP. This legislation would override the Administration’s recent announcement that COVID-19 claims will remain in the CICP through December 31, 2024.
Issues:Healthcare
July 26, 2023
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take a closer look at how Medicare Advantage plans are marketed to seniors. Enrollment has surged past 30 million this year and the number of plans available for seniors to choose from has skyrocketed.
Issues:Healthcare
July 21, 2023
WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio), together with many colleagues, including the entire Texas Democratic delegation and the chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus, urged the Biden administration to assert its authority over federal immigration policy and foreign relations to investigate Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border operation and pursue legal action to stop the extraordinary cruelty against migrants detailed in recent reports from the San Antonio Express-News, the Houston Chronicle, and the New York Times.
Issues:Immigration
July 18, 2023
Two Texas Democrats are urging EPA to reject the state’s application to gain top regulatory oversight of carbon dioxide injection wells, pointing to a “lax attitude” toward enforcement at the Texas agency that would oversee the program.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
July 17, 2023
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) and Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Secretary Michael Regan to reject the Texas Railroad Commission’s application for primacy enforcement of the Class VI underground injection control (UIC) well program under the Safe Water Drinking Act.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
Merkley, Whitehouse, Doggett Introduce Resolution Designating July as Plastic Pollution Action Month
July 13, 2023
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37), U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) teamed up to introduce a bicameral resolution designating July as Plastic Pollution Action Month, citing extreme concern over the plastic pollution crisis that is threatening human health, dumping tens of millions of pieces of plastic in the ocean, and killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
July 11, 2023
We need a federal staffing standard for nursing homes
For the millions of Americans who call our communities’ nursing homes home, each day is uncertain. A severe staffing crisis has resulted in inconsistent quality and quantity of care for nursing home residents.
Issues:Healthcare
June 30, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled, in a 6 to 3 decision, to strike down President Biden’s plan to deliver student debt relief:
June 29, 2023
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and other national lawmakers are pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce plastic waste and pollution in an effort to prevent microplastics from entering the nation's waterways.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
June 27, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and 67 Members urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan to do more to reduce plastic waste and pollution and prevent microplastics from entering our waterways.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet