Oct 24, 2017
It is really unfortunate that the only tax bill we get a hearing on is this modest one.
Lloyd Doggett
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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.
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Oct 24, 2017
This hearing, like the last hearing we had in the Subcommittee, is really an alternative to bringing anyone from the Trump administration here to explain the totally confusing Trump trade policy on NAFTA, and on other trading arrangements…
Oct 10, 2017
I think that for the subcommittee and for our full committee to not summon the administration officials here to explain their position on NAFTA and on other aspects of our trade policy really just empowers President Trump to make this very…
Oct 4, 2017
Mr. Chairman, Republicans have chosen to lavish huge tax breaks on large multinationals and the top wealthiest few in our country instead of growing our economy by investing in all Americans. Investing in our workforce, in our physical…
Oct 4, 2017
Mr. Chairman, we begin to understand why Trump calls himself ``the king of debt,'' because there is plenty of debt that will be added onto this plan. For Trump and his cohorts, fiscal responsibility is just a political slogan that they use…
Sep 28, 2017
You don't have to raise taxes. For one of those different ways, just enforce our current law. If someone receives an alimony payment, require documentation so they will know and the IRS will know that that money is due. That will raise a…
Sep 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, this bill is all about Republicans refusing to pay for an important public service that they know works. It is about their meager 6 percent solution, where they decline to…
Sep 26, 2017
Madam Chair, where is the evidence today? It couldn't be produced in committee. Where is the evidence for one of these changes? Where is the evidence for freezing this funding? We proposed to fully fund it, and I proposed to do it with a…
Sep 26, 2017
Madam Chair, across our country, there are thousands of children, thousands of families, that have a really big stake in what happens with this bill. I support evidence-based home visiting programs, and I support them not just by talking…
Jul 27, 2017
Mr. Speaker, for our Nation of immigrants, a wall rejects our very history. A wall is not about America leading the world. A wall is about trying to shut off the rest of the world. Ignored today, of course, is the history of how poorly…
Jul 25, 2017
It once included the State of Colorado, or part of it. Madam Speaker, I think Republicans are just scared. They are afraid to leave town this week without doing another favor for Wall Street, and this proposal to undermine consumer rights…
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