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Austin, T.X. – On Tuesday, March 21st, at 10 AM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will join Austin ISD educational leaders at St. Elmo Elementary School to unveil details of two brand-new projects, the funding for which Rep. Doggett secured, to create outdoor learning spaces and to launch a college and career preparation pilot.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, and U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, led a majority of the House Democratic Caucus—113 lawmakers— in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish robust nursing home staffing standards to ensure residents receive comprehensive, quality care and workers are not overburdened with high caseload and inadequate support.

Austin, T.X. – On Tuesday, March 14, at 10 AM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will join Foundation Communities in unveiling three new federally-funded projects to support new preschool, learning center, and solar panel initiatives at affordable housing communities in Travis County.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and senior member of the House Budget Committee, released this statement following the release of President Biden’s 2024 Budget:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, led an effort urging President Biden and the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to conduct an immediate review of the Central African Republic’s (CAR’s) compliance with a key trade preference program and terminate its eligibility.

Washington, D.C. – This morning, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, announces that he has secured $1 million in federal funding for the Community Mental Health Surveillance Training Program. This initiative builds on federal resources which Rep. Doggett previously obtained to provide customized, evidence-based mental health data analytics training and professional development trainings for local Austin-area nonprofit and health care practitioners, early childhood and K-12 educators, employees of city service agencies, and clinicians.