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May 27, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas - The Live Music Capital of the World went quiet when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As the music scene has slowly started to come back to life over the past year, a few Austin venues have continued to keep their doors shut.
"We were the first to close, and we're the last to reopen," said Jeannette Gregor, the first employee to be re-hired at Mohawk Austin and now the venue manager.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
May 27, 2021
AUSTIN (KXAN) — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett joined the Austin music community Thursday night to officially reopen the Red River District.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
May 20, 2021
The City of San Marcos was recently allocated $18.1 million through the American Rescue Plan.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
May 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC (May 19, 2021) – Today, Representatives David Price (D-NC), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ro Khanna, and John Yarmuth (D-KY) sent a letter with 138 cosigners to President Biden calling for him and his Administration to boldly lead and take decisive action to immediately end the violence in Israel and Gaza.
May 16, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC (May 16, 2021) – Today, Representatives David Price (D-NC), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) released a statement on the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza:
May 16, 2021
Texas State University will receive nearly $92 million in emergency funding from the American Rescue Plan, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett recently announced.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
May 12, 2021
Central Texas higher education institutions and students are set to receive more than $250 million from the latest federal pandemic relief package.
May 11, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), with Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), led a group of 20 lawmakers to introduce the Green Transportation Act. This legislation directs cities and states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. This sector represents the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States, which makes tracking and reducing those emissions an urgent priority in mitigating the climate crisis. Because many parts of the country are not accounting for transportation emissions, this represents an important step in working to reduce pollution by mandating the tracking of emissions and creation of local implementation plans. The bill would help deliver President Biden’s goal of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
May 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — Texas is set to receive $15.8 billion in new coronavirus relief aid, with billions more headed to its cities and counties as the Biden administration on Monday rolled out the latest round of stimulus funding meant to help them bounce back from the pandemic’s economic punch, which led local governments in the U.S. to cut over a million jobs.
May 5, 2021
The Biden administration supports temporarily lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines and will move forward with international discussions to waive them, its top trade negotiator said on Wednesday.