Feb 1, 2016
There are not very many people that want to vote to pay for those revenue reductions.
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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Dec 17, 2015
Mr. Speaker, the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has said that, over two decades, this very bill will add over $2 trillion to the national debt. For anyone who hides behind poor kids to justify that $2 trillion in…
Dec 17, 2015
This $78 billion tax subsidy is called the ``active financing exception.'' My, my, these bankers have been active here. They may have been very naughty to the American people. They may have been very naughty to the American economy. But…
Dec 17, 2015
Mr. Speaker, across the world, this is a special time of the year, and we have our traditions here in Washington. One of them is underway at this moment in the House. It is called the ceremony of the stuffing of the silk stockings. We do…
Dec 17, 2015
If you add this much debt unpaid for in a fiscally irresponsible way, you begin to jeopardize retirement security, Medicare, and Social Security because those so-called entitlements are next up on the chopping block. Reject this giveaway.
Dec 11, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the conference report?
Dec 11, 2015
Yes, Mr. Speaker. Given all the injustices promoted by this conference report, I am strongly opposed to it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Doggett moves to recommit the…
Dec 11, 2015
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the order of the House of today, further proceedings on this question will be postponed…
Dec 11, 2015
Mr. Speaker, this Customs bill fails totally to address a custom that is the custom of the USTR: saying one thing and doing another. Were it possible to legislate trust, to legislate candor, to legislate fidelity to public duty, I would be…
Dec 1, 2015
Mr. Speaker, this motion is the next step in fast-track consideration of Asian trade agreements and perhaps other trade agreements. The fast-trackers know that the only way they can sell this agreement to the American people is to rely on…
Dec 1, 2015
He told me in the course of that hearing that he would oppose truly conforming the House bill with the Senate bill because ``it would make it more difficult to negotiate TPP,'' this Asian trade agreement. So we put the desire for trade…
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