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March 9, 2023
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:
Issues:Healthcare
March 6, 2023
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.
March 1, 2023
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.
Issues:Healthcare
February 24, 2023
WASHINGTON — Texas Republicans heckled President Joe Biden over his treatment of the border during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, expressing dissatisfaction over the president’s handling of one of their top priorities.
February 23, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced that he has secured $850,000 in federal appropriations to go directly to People's Community Clinic in Austin to fuel their transition to a new electronic health record (EHR) system for all patients—helping this longtime provider of top-notch care deliver comprehensive information to equip its providers and patients alike. The clinic is a unique and tested model for medical care, a true safety net for Central Texas’ uninsured and medically underserved.
Issues:Healthcare
February 14, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, as the growing City of Kyle works to drought-proof and recycle water resources, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced that he has secured $2 million in direct federal appropriations for Kyle to use toward its Reclaimed Water Master Plan.
February 10, 2023
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa), chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today will introduce a bill to phase out a five-month waiting period to receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and allow those who are uninsured or unable to afford health insurance to immediately receive Medicare coverage.
February 10, 2023
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, just introduced the Stop the Wait Act (H.R. 883 and S. 320) to end the harmful waiting periods during which Americans with serious disabilities are denied access to Medicare.
February 9, 2023
Bill sponsored by 100+ Members would fulfill Biden pledge to end tax incentives for big multinational corporations to ship jobs overseas
February 9, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Just now, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, filed the Taxpayer Research and Contributions Knowledge (TRACK) Act (H.R. 885) to provide taxpayers easy access to an accounting of how their investments in pharmaceutical research and development are spent and the corresponding terms of federal funding agreements. This legislation comes as vaccine manufacturers prepare to increase COVID-19 vaccine prices, including for the Moderna vaccine which was developed almost exclusively with taxpayer funds.