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June 28, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, along with Sen. Angus King (I-ME), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), led a group of 100 members from across the ideological spectrum to urge Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra to swiftly act and use his authority to lower prices on critical prescription drugs.
Issues:Healthcare
June 24, 2022
Washington, D.C. – As the House votes right now on the bipartisan gun safety package, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) released the following statement:
Issues:Gun Safety
June 24, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this morning, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement:
Issues:Healthcare
June 21, 2022
Have you ever wondered — or worried — how much water will be flowing from the San Marcos Springs in the next 10 years? 20 years? 50 years? Researchers at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment want to create a public dashboard that can answer those questions.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
June 20, 2022
SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Amid a drought and a rapidly growing population, water in Texas is in demand more than ever. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced today two million dollars in federal funds that will hopefully address some of these issues and the impact of climate change locally.
June 15, 2022
Austin, TX – On Monday, June 20th, at 10 AM, Rep. Doggett will join Robert Mace, Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University, as well as Meadows Center educators, to unveil the details of a brand-new project, the funding for which Rep. Doggett secured, to study the impact of climate change on Texas water and to create a publicly-available tool to help inform action to preserve water and protect the future of water in our state.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
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)