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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.
Republicans say they would like to help, but they claim we just don't have enough resources for medical research in order to address cures for Alzheimer's, cancer, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and other dread diseases--diabetes, for…
I thank my colleague. I have been pleased to join her in adding the language of this type to each appropriation bill that has thus far been approved in the House. I am surprised that there could be any opposition to it today because all…
That is very good to hear. I join in supporting this amendment as a coauthor of it. Multinational corporations that do business around the globe have an even greater interest in world order and in national security. They should not be…
This Congress has a constitutional obligation to approve military action before any President decides to shoot first and ask questions later. A 12-year-old resolution, enacted in the aftermath of 9/11, should not provide a basis for…
It is clear that Republicans would dig our country into another trillion dollars of debt, borrowing from the Chinese, the Saudis, whoever will lend it to us. They have already approved borrowing $614 billion for business tax breaks, and…
They couldn't stand up to those special interests, so that bill, 18 months later--not the result of anything the Democrats did, not the result of anything the President did--they couldn't agree among themselves about how to respond to all…
We have got a great deal for you. This big old fat Tax Code that is bigger than the Bible many times over, that we helped expand to resolve the needs of our special interest supporters, we are going to put it on a diet. We are going to…
Across America, for 30 million schoolchildren implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is working. Schools are literally stepping up to the plate with a plate of healthier food. Indeed, for school lunches in Texas, 99 percent of…
I am in favor of the amendment. Hopefully, from the silence that we have heard, there is bipartisan support for this amendment because I know there is a bipartisan commitment here that competition is very much the American way. If you have…
I think that while no doubt medication can be one appropriate tool in a treatment plan for some children, it has instead become the first line of consideration for too many children in our foster care system.
Just because these were written with a prescription instead of on the street doesn't make their impact any different.
The question is whether or not we will take the action to do something to change anything, and that, whether that action will occur in a meaningful way is far from certain in this Congress.
There are few greater threats to the security of American families than those which could arise from the failure of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. Parts of this bill seek to disrupt the administration's tough, persistent…
At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), my colleague.
This bill represents only the first of many installments of hundreds of billions of dollars that the Republicans plan to finance with more debt, borrowing from the Chinese or whoever will lend it to us. Surely we don't need any more…
I support a permanent research and development credit to incentivize research for new products. For decades, there has never really been any question about whether we should incentivize research. The question has been how--how to pay for…
Because they told us January of last year they would be here with a simpler, fairer, lower tax rate, but they can't agree on how to pay for it because they are dominated by lobby groups that want to protect the very complexities and…
This budget is too weak. It is too weak in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways. It is weak on opportunity. It is weak on competitiveness. It is weak on dealing with the tax avoidance and loopholes that would allow us to invest…
Those investments can be made by simply asking those who have been so privileged and who have enjoyed so many tax loopholes to pay their fair share for the future of America. I believe it is an investment for a stronger America, which will…
The decision last week of the House to continue this program on a temporary extension...
I think your testimony--and yours, as well--really did bring a human, very human dimension to the statistics that we frequently throw around here about how this program, this intervention, can really help make a difference in lives.
I really think would threaten the continuation of home visiting, child abuse services generally, and a wide range of social services.
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