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July 27, 2020
U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement regarding the latest proposed tax break being promoted by the Trump Administration, which enriches Trump
July 24, 2020
Following President Trump’s announcement of four executive orders concerning prescription drug prices, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement
Issues:Healthcare
July 24, 2020
The eyes of independent restaurant owners and passionate members of the dining public turned to Washington this week as Congress returned to session. One challenge facing lawmakers in the coming weeks: the future of independent restaurants.
July 24, 2020
An affordable housing complex partially funded by the city of Austin’s 2018 Affordable Housing Bond is now under construction after local officials were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking on the project.
July 24, 2020
The Trump Administration has announced four executive orders to lower drug prices, but health policy experts say they will likely offer patients only minimal relief and may take months to implement, if they're implemented at all.
Issues:Healthcare
July 23, 2020
As pandemic unemployment assistance ends and the pandemic deepens, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, reacted to Senator McConnell’s outline of legislation that Republicans have yet failed to introduce
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
July 22, 2020
Reminder from our team about the importance of the once-in-a-decade Census.
July 21, 2020
Thank you, John Lewis, for your years of service and friendship. Leading our country to a better place, and leading us in making “good trouble.”
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July 21, 2020
As the White House dug in on plans to deploy federal agents to Portland and other U.S. cities, few of President Donald Trump’s allies in Texas rose to his defense amid a Democratic uproar over “secret police.”
Critics see an authoritarian shift that only inflames tensions. They cite reports of federal agents in uniforms that lack insignia or name tags detaining protesters in unmarked vans, a practice they call a massive overreaction to localized protests.
July 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — It was the beginning of a reckoning Friday for Vanessa Guillen, the 20-year old murdered Army private who was honored with a private military memorial service at Fort Hood with her boots, helmet and dog tags on display as Taps played.