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May 4, 2021
Kavita Tewari says she is haunted each day by the howl of ambulance sirens ringing through the streets near her home in New Delhi, India. For her and countless others in the South Asian country, the recent spike in coronavirus cases and deaths has been a crisis like nothing else she has experienced before.

May 4, 2021
Local school districts are praising the governor for releasing $11.2 billion dollars in federal COVID relief funds.

May 3, 2021
TUESDAY on "The Source" — The use of telecommunication technology for health care — known as telemedicine — has steadily grown over the past decade and its adoption skyrocketed during the COVID-19 crisis, but its post-pandemic future remains in question.

April 30, 2021
Washington, DC – Following a meeting this afternoon with United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients, this joint statement is issued by all the participating House Members - Congressmembers Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jesús García (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), and Andy Levin (D-MI):

April 28, 2021
Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) responded to Governor Abbott’s announcement that he would finally release $11.2 billion of the federal funds passed in relief packages and which have been available since March:

April 28, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top two legislative leaders committed Wednesday to sending $11.2 billion in federal stimulus money to schools, a victory for education advocates clamoring for the funds.

April 28, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, state leaders announced the release of $11.2 billion in new federal funding to help public schools address student learning losses and costs that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 28, 2021
As President Joe Biden made his case for ambitious investment and tax plans, Texans in Congress were split on how they felt about what they heard.

April 28, 2021
Texas’s top state leaders announced Wednesday they are releasing $11.2 billion out of nearly $18 billion available in federal pandemic relief funding that has been dedicated for the state’s public schools.

April 27, 2021
Blog Post
Good news that President Biden is appointing my former legislative assistant who later became a national trade expert, Celeste Drake, to be our Nation’s first Made in America Director for the Office of Management and Budget. Her hard work, whip-smart brain, and compassionate heart will serve all Americans well. I look forward to working with her once again in this important new role.