On the recordOctober 5, 2011
Threats of default on our debt and threats to shut down the government only set back our economic recovery and cost us more jobs.
Source
congress.govEditor's note · Context
Doggett warns that political threats hinder economic recovery and job creation.
Share
More from Lloyd Doggett
Dec 17, 2025
in a bill that they call ``big'' and ``beautiful,'' Republicans have approved the biggest reduction in access to healthcare in American history. They rejected my amendment in committee to maintain the tax credits that make the Affordable…
Jul 2, 2025
the benefits for the middle class in the bill would be very little compared to the cost of this bill.
Feb 12, 2026
we are barely 2 months into this new year, and yet we have already had 35 mass shootings, devastating communities across the country. If only two or three people are killed, it hardly makes national news anymore. We can be sure after every…
Other voices in this conversation
