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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.
In Washington we never seem to lack for self-certified smart people. They are the folks who know what is best for you and your family. While they, today, are insisting on railroading through this fast- track trade deal--and they say it is…
``Asleep at the Wheel'' is a great Texas swing band, but it is a horrible philosophy for trade law enforcement. Reject this rule; help us get a better trade policy; protect American families; and advance our economy. We can do better than…
My inquiry: In the underlying bill, is there anything to prevent taxpayers from having to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars for the privilege of enforcing the very laws that the gentleman from Texas says this agreement would…
First, we were all on the fast track, then the slow track with postponement into July, and now we are back on rush-hour scheduling, being told that fast track, which has been mangled in the meantime with new changes, has to be approved by…
Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas will state his inquiry.
Does this rule provide any notice to Members of the House, or can this be entirely a surprise attack? Can they come out here on the floor at any time, perhaps when the floor is as empty as it is now, and give no notice to the Members of…
Was the gentleman present in the Rules Committee when every single constructive improvement to this fast-track bill was rejected by the Rules Committee--not with your vote, of course--but a majority of the Rules Committee said ``no'' to…
You served both on the Intelligence Committee and on the Rules Committee. There is reason to authorize intelligence, but am I correct it has nothing to do with this sneak attack to put in a postponement that has never been done in American…
And understand what that means. Understand that they are looking for the ideal time--morning, noon, or night--to muscle through a broken trade policy that a majority of this House and of the American people do not want. This rule provides…
Friday, this House sent a strong message to the Fast- Trackers: Not so fast. Forty-eight hours ago, Republican leaders were telling the world that, at this moment, we would be voting to approve Fast Track; but now, the Fast-Trackers have…
Today this Congress can be fast-tracked or it can take the right track. We can seek strong, new trade agreements that benefit American families, or we can continue to backtrack with the failed policies of the past. In the Ways and Means…
Some have called Trade Adjustment Assistance ``burial insurance'' since it delivers limited help after a job is dead and buried. At a time when Fast Trackers are claiming that they will include over half of the world's economy, we need a…
The only way to get better trade agreements is to reject this fast-track bill and develop a better alternative that reflects our values and the realities of the 21st century. As one who has supported legislation for more trade with most of…
Too often, the USTR simply does not believe in law enforcement. It wouldn't enforce the law in Guatemala and Honduras under prior labor agreements. In Peru, it ignored the audit responsibility that it had. We can do better than this. We…
Country of origin labeling stands for the proposition that knowledge is power. The more knowledge you have, the better decisions that you can make. This is true about the food that you eat, and it is also true about the trade deals that we…
And the panels that will decide them are usually made up of a majority of private lawyers, who one day are litigating cases for multinationals and the next day are deciding these cases. If you agree that foreign investors should not…
If today we are asking you about how to make improvements to reach more people in our laws, that would be a reasonable thing, instead of the polemics that are going on here.
I would hope to focus on how we can make it better and how we can make the implementation better.
It seems to me that the focus of this hearing and the focus of all of our work should be on how we can make this healthcare system work better and deliver services and insure more families instead of speculating about some Court decision.
the easiest thing for this Court to do, and I think the right thing, is to not ignore the other 900 pages of the law and focus solely on four words.
There is a serious identity theft issue with the Internal Revenue Service as well.
If there is fraud, if there is wrongful payment, it needs to be eliminated so that those individuals these programs were designed to serve have their needs met.
Some of those miscalculations, to some extent, get exaggerated by the fact that so little has been done to update SSI over the years.
I am as outraged as anyone by the notion that someone who's incarcerated is getting public benefits...
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