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June 14, 2023
Get ready now to start paying your student loans again.
June 9, 2023
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra asking for information on the membership, process, timeline, and scope of work of the recently announced Interagency Working Group for Bayh-Dole.
Issues:Healthcare
June 7, 2023
Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of detonating a “bomb of mass environmental damage” after the Kakhovka dam spanning the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine was breached yesterday, flooding swaths of territory and forcing mass evacuations.
May 31, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) voted to lift the debt ceiling and prevent a national default, which would have created an economic catastrophe. Before the vote, Rep. Doggett spoke on the House Floor to express his dissatisfaction with the deal but reiterate the importance of assuring that the full faith and credit of the United States is upheld. The legislation now heads to the Senate with sufficient time for final approval by the June 5 deadline.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
May 26, 2023
Measures that proposed teacher pay raises have stalled
After lofty proposals of $10,000 teacher pay raises and $900 increases to per pupil funding at the beginning of the legislative session, Texas lawmakers revealed an updated budget proposal Thursday that provides paltry increases to public school funding.
May 25, 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to police water pollution, ruling that the Clean Water Act does not allow the agency to regulate discharges into some wetlands near bodies of water.
May 25, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) joined fellow Democrats on the House Floor to demand the Republican majority do their jobs and pay America’s bills.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
May 23, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives and Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Czech Caucus, Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), released the following statement after a productive meeting with Czech Parliament Speaker Markéta Pekarová-Adamová:
May 23, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) spoke on the House Floor to oppose Republicans’ latest attack on public health and environmental protections, S.J. Res. 11, which would invoke the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from mitigating the harmful air quality impacts of heavy-duty engines.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
May 19, 2023
AUSTIN – After cycling to City Hall as part of Austin’s Bike to Work Day, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) today announced $5 million in federal funding he secured in direct appropriations to begin closing the gap between the Southern Walnut Creek Trail, for which he previously obtained construction funds, and the Northern Walnut Creek Trail. These funds will provide a safe and dedicated cycling and pedestrian path, connecting dozens of Austin neighborhoods, numerous parks, schools, businesses, and employment centers.