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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.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for five justices, held that the law covers only wetlands “with a continuous surface connection” to those waters.
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.
May 18, 2023
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, calling on CMS to strengthen its proposed rule on nursing home ownership transparency to benefit patients. The lawmakers are urging CMS to incorporate the provisions they recommend and implement this long overdue rule.
Issues:Healthcare
May 18, 2023
Global temperatures are likely to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in human history within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization has said in its latest annual assessment.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
May 16, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee and House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated estimate of the 10-year cost for extending the expiring individual provisions of the 2017 Trump-GOP Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which would add about $3 trillion to our Nation’s budget deficit: