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MONDAY: Press Conference as Open Enrollment Begins - Getting Central Texans Covered + Building Back Healthier

November 4, 2021

Austin, T.X. – With Texas as our nation’s most uninsured state and thousands of our neighbors lacking health insurance, Monday, November 8, at 10 AM, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will join Foundation Communities and Austin Mayor Steve Adler to share resources for Central Texans. As Open Enrollment begins, families can sign up to get Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage.

Issues:Healthcare

FAA finally begins implementation of Doggett Balloon Safety Amendment

November 2, 2021

Press Release

Austin, T.X. – Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a long-overdue rule today requiring commercial hot-air-balloon pilots to hold medical certificates when operating for hire. The proposed rule belatedly implements balloon safety legislation Rep. Doggett authored that became law in 2018 as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act.

Texas Tribune: Congressional Democrats ask feds to investigate whether Texas migrant arrests violate constitutional rights

October 29, 2021

In The News

Under a Gov. Greg Abbott initiative, more than 1,000 migrants have been arrested for allegedly trespassing on private property after crossing the Texas-Mexico border. The arrests and subsequent imprisonment of the migrants have led to state law violations and constitutional concerns.

BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH

More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney general to investigate legal problems that have arisen out of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative to arrest and jail migrants on state criminal charges.

Issues:Immigration

Rep. Doggett Announces $9.8 Million for ALERRT Center

October 13, 2021

Press Release

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. The funds announced today will expand training for roughly 17,000 additional first responders.

Issues:Gun Safety

Austin American-Statesman: Progress and new funding in the long fight to end domestic violence

October 10, 2021

In The News

By U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett

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

New Federal Domestic Violence Resources in this Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 7, 2021

Press Release

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.

University Star Letter to the Editor: Standing Up for Texans’ Freedoms & Against Vigilante Abortion Ban

September 29, 2021

In The News

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

NPR: A death in Dallas: what's at stake as Congress weighs Medicaid fix for uninsured

September 29, 2021

In The News

ASHLEY LOPEZ

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

Doggett Reaction to Republican Texas Senate Redistricting Committee Map

September 27, 2021

Press Release

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

Coverage Now: Doggett Leads Effort to Build Back Better by Closing Medicaid Coverage Gap

September 24, 2021

Press Release

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, just led three dozen Democratic House Members from States with Republican leaders who have refused federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage in a letter to leadership pressing for action on the Medicaid coverage gap in the final Build Back Better package.

Issues:Healthcare

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