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Rep. Doggett
November 17, 2019
In a time of great division, we should unite for a complete census count. Recently, at El Progreso Hall, to dedicate the new census office I joined the Tafolla Middle School Mariachis, Lanier High Color Guard, State Rep. Bernal, Commissioner Rodriguez, Councilmember Viagran, and former Councilmember Mary Alice Cisneros, and many others.

November 15, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas — “The FDA is not doing its job,” said Dr. Stephen Tower, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon from Alaska.
Issues:Healthcare

November 11, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas — More than a million doctors received some kind of payment from a pharmaceutical or medical device company last year. And, as the KVUE Defenders discovered, it is something you should be asking your doctor about.
Issues:Healthcare

November 10, 2019
Thousands from Military City, U.S.A. — and beyond — lined the streets of downtown Saturday for a parade honoring Veterans Day. About 100 floats wound their way from Avenue E and Houston Street to Milam Park, where a small festival was held.
Issues:Veterans

November 8, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas - Being a musician was something Lesly Reynaga always wanted to do. “I got engaged in the community through high school opportunities to play in a mariachi ensemble. Then eventually was a student here at UT Austin and joined the mariachi ensemble there,” she said.
Issues:Healthcare

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Rep. Doggett
November 7, 2019
"Lloyd Doggett is a man of integrity. Longtime public servant. Thank you, Lloyd!" – Carol Austin

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Rep. Doggett
October 25, 2019

Widening support for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump shows his diminished ability to use the probe as a political weapon, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Friday.


October 23, 2019
After injecting heroin for more than 20 years, Teal McDonald found a reprieve in in buprenorphine, a drug prescribed by a doctor to kill her craving for opioids.
Issues:Healthcare

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Newspaper story
October 23, 2019
After injecting heroin for more than 20 years, Teal McDonald found a reprieve in in buprenorphine, a drug prescribed by a doctor to kill her craving for opioids.
Issues:Healthcare

October 22, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, spoke during the health legislation markup today in support of Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOGs) to urge passage of his legislation, the Promoting Health Careers in Community and Technical Colleges Act (H.R. 3823). His bill would ensure that technical and community colleges, like the Alamo Colleges District, can continue to host these successful programs. Shortly after his remarks this morning, the Ways and Means Committee passed Rep. Doggett’s legislation out of committee in a legislative package reauthorizing HPOGs, the Pathways to Health Careers Act (H.R. 3398).