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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) releases the following statement regarding the newly-released Republican Texas Senate Redistricting Committee map:
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.
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:
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.
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. The toxicology report for veteran balloon pilot Nick Meleski just made public reveals high amounts of cocaine and THC in tests run on his blood and urine. Meleski, 62, piloted the hot air balloon that crashed into power lines in Albuquerque in June, killing five.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, spoke forcefully in the Ways and Means Build Back Better markup to decry the Republican, draconian, abortion ban in Texas and an anti-choice amendment Texas Republican Rep. Kevin Brady offered last night in Committee to eliminate reproductive freedom in federal health programs. Watch the full speech here.
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday is holding the third day of its markup of key portions of Democrats' $3.5 trillion social spending package.
Tax provisions are expected to be front and center during the remainder of the markup.
The Delta-driven wave of COVID-19 death and economic destruction underscores why urgent action to end the pandemic is the best way to honor American workers.
Washington, D.C. — This morning, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, shared new data from the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) showing how the newly expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC)—a tax cut for most families with kids—in the American Rescue Plan is delivering relief for Texas families. Rep.