Lloyd Doggett

That is the longer-term goal. But in the short-term goal, it has become increasingly apparent when you cut through all of their repeal rhetoric that what they are really presenting to seniors and individuals with disabilities is a plan to…

We know that an earlier generation of Republicans fought Lyndon Johnson in getting Medicare created in the first place with the same fervor that our Republican colleagues are fighting health insurance reform today.

That ought to give seniors not only lower health care costs but more choice than they have ever enjoyed in the history of Medicare

I want to agree with the expression of concern that Chairman Ryan has made concerning the growth of our debt...

We will just agree to disagree.

I think that kind of reversal would be very troubling.

Let it be remembered that Congress began this debate on whether or not to reduce corporate tax revenues... how much more America will borrow from the Chinese

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We are in no way saying that this is the same legislative language that the Bush Administration recommended. We are saying it addresses the same problem and that you didn't like the Bush Administration approach any better than you liked…

The last Administration offered proposals to address this time after time, and a Republican Congress wouldn't approve them. That is one of the reasons we need to take this firm action today. We see the benefits of doing that in the almost…

Indeed, there were some groups and some Republican commentators here in Washington who actually advocated during the Bush-Cheney years that driving the debt up was a very good thing.

Much of us opposed with vigor the fiscally irresponsible policies of the Bush-Cheney administration, which squandered the surplus that they began with and converted it into trillions of dollars of debt.

The crowd was certainly angry. I suppose some might have a negative reaction to the poster that said 'Lloyd Doggett. Traitor to Texas. Devil to all people.'

I think this is an important provision to restore tax fairness, by recognizing that if you have a shell corporation abroad, and it's really a United States company, that just having a paper certificate and a sunny tax haven, is not enough…

There is a serious problem, not just for individuals, but for corporations using foreign subsidiaries to dodge their tax responsibilities.

Congress should enact and the President should sign S. 506/H.R. 1265, the Stop Tax Havens Abuse Act.

I'm quite hopeful with some of the progress. That progress alone isn't going to solve this problem, but is certainly a step in the right direction.

I applaud your comments about fundamental fairness and inequity to American taxpayers and the way this jeopardizes our system.

You believe it would be good for the IRS to have stop tax havens adopted?

This hearing deals with a very important topic to every American taxpayer, business, or individual who's playing by the rules.

Some proposals under discussion in Congress would incorrectly 'blacklist' the Isle of Man as an 'offshore secrecy jurisdiction' or a 'tax haven.'

Well, I couldn't agree with you more. It's not only what's illegal, but what's legal that should not be legal because it's inequitable to businesses here in the United States.

It's hard to get a precise number.

If there's that much tax evasion, we don't just need a sledgehammer, we need something bigger than that, because it's very unfair.