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April 1, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Today, amid broadening economic hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s tweet calling for reversing a provision of the 2017 tax bill which incentivized businesses to spend money at restaurants:
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
April 1, 2020
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.
April 1, 2020
Let’s join in solidarity, compassion, and thoughtful actions to soften the blows of coronavirus. Working together to overcome this catastrophe requires understanding how we got here. Last year, the Trump administration conducted an important exercise to understand how our country would respond to a respiratory virus pandemic. The resulting October report showed the essential changes required to avoid the very kind of avoidable chaos we now witness.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 31, 2020
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Holding a cell phone to her ear, it only took a few minutes for Meghann Gordon to reach deep inside the walls of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and find a human being.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 30, 2020
Small businesses around the area are already feeling the sting of recent restrictions implemented to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott issued the most stringent restrictions yet imposed in Caldwell County, ordering the temporary closing of schools, restaurants, gyms and bars and restricting gatherings of more than 10 people throughout Texas through at least April 3.
March 27, 2020
WASHINGTON — Tens of billions of dollars are on the way to Texas after the House on Friday approved the largest stimulus package in the nation's history, $2 trillion aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus and stemming its economic damage.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 27, 2020
The United States is now the new global epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak and now leads the world in confirmed cases. As of Thursday more than 82,000 people have been identified as infected and nearly 1,200 people have died in the United States.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 27, 2020
SAN ANTONIO- Congressman Lloyd Doggett gave his thoughts on why the stimulus package was necessary for areas suffering from COVID-19.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 26, 2020
“What a steep price for Trump’s continued delay, denial, and deceptions—refusing to heed warnings available since last year to prepare for this pandemic. Amidst the many hard-won successes over Administration resistance are significant disappointments, including inadequate taxpayer protections in the giant election-year corporate bailouts as well as how little patients, particularly the uninsured, benefitted directly and how much pharmaceutical manufacturers did. To help our small businesses stay afloat and immediately sustain the newly unemployed, victims to multiple Trump Administration failures, I am supporting this flawed bill.”
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 23, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, is calling on his colleagues in Congress to provide affordable health care coverage to people who may be at risk of developing COVID-19. He introduced legislation Monday that would require a special enrollment period any time there is a public health emergency declaration such as COVID-19.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)