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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.
I yield myself such time as I may consume. I will just add, Nick, that I know you have spent some 25 years here on the Hill, 17 with our committee. Though I benefited from your good counsel before becoming the ranking Democrat on the Human…
As the last speech indicates, it is hardly by chance that the House Republican leadership has scheduled these votes on 9/11--votes on an agreement to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon--ever. The justifiable fear of another…
I have supported them at each opportunity, but this is not about sanctions. It is about a last-ditch effort to undermine a diplomatic victory. Those who reject this victory are weak on alternatives. They talk about a ``secret.'' The…
That is how we began this week with the resolution of disapproval. But yesterday, they brought their self-styled foreign policy experts to Washington--Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Donald Trump-- and they said a resolution of disapproval is not…
Almost every observer, even the host of candidates seeking the Republican Presidential nomination, recognize that President Bush's invasion of Iraq was a foreign policy disaster for which so many military families are continuing to pay a…
Republican self-styled experts like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Donald Trump condemning an agreement to decrease the nuclear threat is hardly new. One Republican Presidential candidate blasted a ``nuclear Munich.'' The National Review…
The Donald Trump wing of the Republican Party is clearly ascendant here today. It is the dominant thinking among House Republicans. This is the same crowd that, just back in February, threatened the funding for Homeland Security because…
If they are so committed to supporting local law enforcement, eliminating funding for the COPS program is hardly the way to do it. We ought to be putting our dollars and our support and our immigration laws in conformity with the law…
In the Great Seal of the United States, the eagle clutches arrows and an olive branch. While today's Iran agreement puts the olive branch out first, the arrows remain firmly in our grasp. The safety of all our families in the United…
If there are no new dollars, which is the case with this proposal, no additional funds added...
We are pleased today to get additional input on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and how it may be reformed.
We believe requiring States to spend a substantial--a specific share of their TANF resources on core purposes is essential for improving TANF work programs.
When he first signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, President Lyndon B. Johnson greatly advanced both education and civil rights. Now, here, 50 years later, the need for Federal support for our schools remains very…
I suppose it is encouraging that this hearing began with Chairman Ryan telling us not to worry about the prospects of a 20 percent, across-the-board benefit cut for disability recipients next year.
the real--the complete statement should be there won't be a 20 percent benefit cut, because we are planning to find some other way to cut disability payments to make up for what would be necessary to avoid a 20 percent payment cut.
this morning's hearing begins to look, in a more sophisticated way, like the standard Republican stump speech, that the only thing that is wrong is that people, poor people, don't work hard enough, and that bureaucrats get in the way with…
likely create the very death spirals that Congress designed the Act to avoid.
Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.
the block-headed approach of giving States like Texas that are rejectionist States, that have rejected the Affordable Care Act...
when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, he got underway programs that have changed the lives of millions of Americans for the better.
they risk turning back the successes of the safety net and making the work issues worse.
These various repatriation proposals are certainly a loser for the United States Treasury.
I want to begin by commending the National Association of Manufacturers, the Business Roundtable, the Alliance for Competitive Taxation, and the National Retail Federation for speaking out this week against repatriation as a means of…
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