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November 21, 2022
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Congressman Lloyd Doggett and advocacy group warned Texans of the potential dangers in some children’s toys Monday.
November 18, 2022
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair, and Trade Subcommittee Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) led 24 members in urging the Biden Administration to assure continued progress in improving trade data transparency—and, specifically, to reject a current proposal to end public disclosure of import data for goods arriving to the United States via ocean transport. This would make trade data even less accessible, making enforcement of human rights legislation like the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act much more difficult.
November 17, 2022
Six House Democrats from Texas called on the Biden administration to exercise federal authority against GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s declaration of an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border.
November 16, 2022
CBS Austin spoke to United States Congressman Lloyd Doggett about the recent midterm elections, the upcoming legislative session, former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential run announcement and more.
November 11, 2022
If – sorry, when – you went to cast your vote in the 2022 midterm elections, you may have considered the bond propositions in one of our local school districts, including Austin, Dripping Springs, Lake Travis, or Pflugerville. But there's one thing you may not know: If the federal government doesn't raise the ceiling of the Texas Permanent School Fund's $117 billion Bond Guarantee Program, millions of bond dollars will be consumed by high interest rates instead of school renovations. In place of a response from the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, lawmakers are hearing crickets.
November 4, 2022
Voting rights are still under threat in Texas, with the Texas Legislature creating brand-new barriers to the democratic process. But it was hardly more than 100 years ago that suffragists were rallying at Wooldridge Square for women's right to vote. On Friday, Oct. 28, the city unveiled a new historical marker at that park once marred by heaps of city garbage – that monument is one of a couple hundred roadside markers like it across the country to elevate little-known stories of the struggle for equality.
Issues:Voting Rights
November 4, 2022
Open enrollment for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace began Nov. 1, and a trio of local political leaders joined staff at the Foundation Communities Prosper Center in South Austin to encourage Texans to get covered between now and mid-January.
Issues:Healthcare
November 1, 2022
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released a statement regarding tonight’s release of the Calendar Year 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which includes a modest expansion of dental coverage for Medicare beneficiaries—as Rep. Doggett has pressed for. He said:
Issues:Healthcare
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October 21, 2022
It's National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and as good a time as any to face the fact that the National Domestic Violence Hotline (based here in Austin) is currently experiencing the highest demand for its services in its 25-year history. As U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, put it to us, the pandemic led to "a disturbing upswing in domestic violence." In fact, the hotline answered more than 400,000 calls, chats, and texts in 2021 – the most ever in one year.
October 20, 2022
Austin, T.X. – As Texas remains the most uninsured state and thousands of our neighbors lack health insurance, Wednesday, October 26, at 10 AM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will join Foundation Communities, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM), Travis County Judge Andy Brown, and Council Member Vanessa Fuentes to share resources for Central Texans at the start of Open Enrollment, when families can sign up to get Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage. Open enrollment for 2023 Health Insurance Marketplace plans runs from November 1, 2022 to January 15, 2023.
Issues:Healthcare