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October 13, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today announced a $9.8 million award that Texas State University’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center will receive, funded by the Department of Justice. The program aims to provide multi-disciplinary, scenario-based active shooter training to first responders.

Issues:Gun Safety

October 10, 2021

Since the inaugural Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 1987, countless trailblazing, tireless advocates and organizations dedicated to ending domestic violence have made


October 7, 2021
Austin, T.X. – On Tuesday, October 12, at 2 PM, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will join The Hotline and key local leaders in reducing and responding to domestic violence.

September 29, 2021
On September 1st, state Republicans’ dangerous, radical vigilante law went into effect—designed to end Roe v. Wade protections in Texas, cutting off access to care for almost all across our state.
Issues:Healthcare

September 29, 2021
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the "Cover Now Act" outside the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2021. The bill intends to close the health insurance gap in Texas and 11 other states that have not expanded Medicaid to uninsured adults. A similar fix is part of the spending bill being debated in Congress this week, and would provide affordable coverage for more than 2.2 million Americans.
Issues:Healthcare

September 27, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) releases the following statement regarding the newly-released Republican Texas Senate Redistricting Committee map:


September 24, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his bipartisan, bicameral Tax Free Pell Grants Act in the House Ways and Means Committee’s portion of the Build Back Better bill:


September 24, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) took to the House floor today to speak in defense of the fundamental freedoms recognized in Roe v. Wade, urging passage of H.R. 3755 – Women’s Health Protection Act, which the House just approved on a near-party line vote of 218 to 211, sending it to the Senate.

Issues:Healthcare

September 23, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Just over five years after the tragic hot air balloon crash in Lockhart, we have now received the toxicology report from the 2021 New Mexico crash.