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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.
May 27, 2022
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is expecting the busiest Memorial Day weekend ever as daily passenger volumes flirt with all-time highs.
May 25, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Following the devastating shooting of Uvalde elementary school students and educators, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement:
Issues:Gun Safety
May 25, 2022
The world over, mass shootings are frequently met with a common response: Officials impose new restrictions on gun ownership. Mass shootings become rarer. Homicides and suicides tend to decrease, too.
May 20, 2022
