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Lloyd Alton Doggett is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Texas's 10th congressional district from January 4, 1995, to January 3, 2013. Throughout his career, Doggett has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic justice, advocating for policies that support working families and promote social equity.
This agreement is good for moving more commerce across our three countries. It means more jobs, and it means lower prices for consumers. That is especially important in Texas where the original NAFTA was signed only a few blocks from my…
Tyranny rarely appears full borne. It arises, it encroaches as freedom ebbs. Our Nation's great Founders sought to protect us from tyranny with a carefully crafted system of checks and balances. But now along comes a President who actually…
For those insured who rely on insulin or who are fortunate enough to win the lottery to have their drugs selected to be negotiated, this is a valuable piece of legislation. But for 30 million Americans who are uninsured, they are denied…
There is only one problem with this bipartisan plan that the Republicans have embraced: It will not lower manufacturers' prescription drugs prices by a penny. As to the phony argument that there are some cures out there that will be lost…
It remains illegal to negotiate on two-thirds of the drugs that are covered by Medicare. Prescription drug price gouging, enabled by government-approved monopolies without any restraint, is not limited to one disease or one class of drugs…
Today's bill, which I am pleased to cosponsor, accomplishes much good. While providing critical support for minority-serving institutions like Huston-Tillotson in Austin, it includes provisions from the bipartisan Student Aid…
Voting rights guarantee all of our other rights. When Americans are obstructed from freely participating in elections, our democracy is imperiled. This bill, six long years overdue, restores a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that…
If protection for our Dreamers is terminated, all of us will lose. A coalition of Texas businesses has estimated that Texas, alone, will lose $6 billion in economic activity every year. Mr. Speaker, let's provide our Dreamers the certainty…
``Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated, and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in our military? Really?'' ``They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own, brought in by…
I rise only to commend the gentleman from Texas for his important work on this arbitration issue. There has been a very effective movement to quash the rights of consumers. In the financial services area, people are told to deal with it…
I thank the chairwoman for her leadership because today's bill is about restoring effective law enforcement for consumers and protecting them from predatory Wall Street practices. Republicans want to shield Wall Street, granting it free…
A single-payer Medicare for All program would be a highly effective means of accomplishing this goal.
Medicare provides our seniors with guaranteed cost-effective coverage that they can always count on.
They have had eight years to present an alternative to Obamacare, and what do we have? Republican nothing care.
A great nation should not have millions without access to quality health care, yet we have over 30 million Americans that lack health insurance.
We need strong Federal enforcement since local governments have imperfect tools and often have been stifled by narrow-minded State legislatures. No American's civil rights should depend upon their ZIP Code. Don't stand in the doorway…
Too many Americans face severe discrimination because of whom they love. LGBTQ rights are civil rights. They are human rights. Participating and contributing equally, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, brings us closer to…
I am here to wade through the pool of crocodile tears being shed by Republicans who, for eight long years, have done nothing meaningful to address prescription price gouging. This bill provides some protection from anticompetitive…
After so many failed attempts to repeal our access to healthcare, Trump and his Republican cohorts are finding new ways to take away coverage from millions of Americans who suffer with preexisting conditions. Now, Republicans have hijacked…
Climate change is already wreaking economic and security havoc: deep freezes; an incredible 5 feet of water dumped on Houston, Texas, by a hurricane; in other areas, droughts, amazing wildfires, and extensive disease. What we need is…
It is joining 21 senior Defense officials who identify climate change action as a way to address a major national security challenge. President Trump continues to block meaningful environmental action by clogging the corridors of power…
The blood of innocents stains this Trump administration. And while the Trump family pals around with Saudi murderers, that blood continues to flow in the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Only last week, four years after the first Saudi…
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