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June 12, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — In this week's edition of Texas This Week, KVUE Managing Editor of Political Content Ashley Goudeau talks with U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) about the Protecting Our Children Act and Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.
Issues:Gun Safety
June 7, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin ISD is set to receive some major federal funding to help cover what it spent on COVID-19 safety measures.
June 7, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced that Austin Independent School District has just been awarded over $5.5 million in federal funding to reimburse the costs the district took on for emergency protective measures as a result of COVID-19. This will reimburse the district for their spending to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfectant and cleaning supplies, equipment to facilitate social distancing, outdoor screening and testing sites for students and staff, and more.
June 6, 2022
More than two years into this pandemic, we are at once living through a time of continuing grief, significant recovery, and enduring hope. One million lives lost—an unfathomable toll—and disruptions to our daily lives, and up to 23 million Americans now adapting to Long COVID—including an estimated one million with cases so severe that they are unable to work.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
June 3, 2022
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s transportation agency has been awarded almost $800,000 in funding from the American Rescue Plan.
June 3, 2022
MEDICARE’S TRUST HAS A LITTLE MORE TIME — Medicare appears to be solvent until at least 2028, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department that extends its projected fiscal cliff by two years.
Issues:Healthcare
June 3, 2022
Capital Metro has been awarded $780,100 in American Rescue Plan funds to strengthen its staffing efforts, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration announced June 3.
June 3, 2022
Austin, TX – This morning, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) announced a new $780,000 grant awarded to CapMetro by the Federal Transit Administration and the Department of Transportation—all funding made possible by the American Rescue Plan.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
June 2, 2022
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, releases the following statement regarding the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report and 2022 Medicare Trustees Report:
June 1, 2022
A pair of federal programs compensating people who suffer injuries from vaccines and pandemic treatments are now facing so many claims that thousands of people may not receive payment for their injuries any time soon.