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March 14, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) spoke on the House floor urging passage of a resolution in support of making Special Counsel Mueller’s report available to the public and to Congress. You can watch his speech here or read it below. Eleven months ago, Rep. Doggett introduced legislation to ensure that the work of the Special Counsel is not suppressed. Rep. Doggett is also helping lead the charge to obtain Trump’s personal and business tax returns.
March 13, 2019
Representative Lloyd Doggett and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse are introducing two bills Wednesday that would effectively repeal some provisions of the Republican tax overhaul of 2017 that the Democrats say encourage outsourcing.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
March 13, 2019
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Finance Committee, introduced the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act and the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. Under the Trump Tax law, companies that ship jobs and invest overseas are eligible for special tax rates that may be half the domestic corporate tax rate and possibly even tax-free. The No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act would level the playing field for domestic companies by ensuring that multinationals pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the United States, ending these new tax incentives to outsource jobs and shift profits offshore.
Issues:Growing Our Economy
March 7, 2019
House Democrats on Thursday took aim at one of the pharmaceutical industry’s key arguments as Congress considers how to address drug prices, questioning whether drugmakers are actually innovating in exchange for the high prices Americans pay.
Issues:Healthcare
March 7, 2019
Washington, DC — Today, Chairman Doggett held a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on medicines in Medicare. Hearing from experts testifying to policy options and patient experience, it explored ways that Medicare can encourage affordability, competition, and access to medicines, as patients face a prescription drug affordability crisis. It featured expert witnesses Frederick Isasi, Executive Director, Families USA; Robin Feldman, Director of the Institute for Innovation Law, UC Hastings College of Law; Ameet Sarpatwari, Assistant Director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL) Harvard Medical School; Amy Kapczysnki, Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale Law School; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum.
March 7, 2019
From News 4 San Antonio on our hearing today on soaring Rx drug prices & promoting competition to ensure access to medicines:
Issues:Healthcare
March 7, 2019
With more and more Texans seeking relief from shock medical bills, two prominent lawmakers — one Republican, one Democrat — are pushing far-reaching legislation that would bar emergency care providers from sending surprise bills to patients covered by state-regulated plans.
March 6, 2019
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Doggett urged passage of H.R.1, the For the People Act, of which he is a sponsor. He took to the floor to outline the ways that it would help Texans and all Americans, after he hosted Speaker Pelosi, Julieta Garibay, and Mimi Marziani in a press conference in Texas yesterday to outline the legislation.
March 6, 2019
Washington, DC — House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett announces that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on access to medicines in Medicare. The hearing will explore ways that Medicare can encourage affordability, competition, and access to medicines, particularly as patients face a prescription drug affordability crisis. It will take place tomorrow, Thursday, March 7, 2019, in the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST.
March 5, 2019
An investigation by Texas officials into potential voter fraud that threatened to jeopardize voting rights of naturalized citizens illustrates how important voter rights protections are, U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Austin on Tuesday.