Lloyd Doggett

But so long as it is not enforceable, it is really fairly meaningless.

I think we would be better off if the language was public.

I very much favor expanding trade so long as it is worker-centered and environment is protected, and that includes Asia.

So if people really believe in Medicare, they would be willing to take the steps to ensure it is there.

Isn't it correct that the estimates are that about 85 percent of that increase would be paid by those who earn $1 million or more a year, and that none of the tax burden would be on those below $400,000?

I admire your leadership on the global minimum tax.

And in the Biden Administration I believe that not all of your recommendations have been fully implemented yet, but haven't there been a number of additional resources, additional dollars that were provided through the American Rescue Plan…

So, it is not a surprise to me that Texas, that failed so significantly to meet the needs of worthy people, was not doing its job on the fraud side, either.

We do you know that he paid some years, more taxes, to foreign governments than he did, here, in the United States.

You can see for yourselves, the fact that this President signed the tax return. You'll see his signature, where year after year, he paid nothing, or paid $750.

Well, we had a lively discussion about this. I think that there's, certainly, a sensitivity, on the part of Democrats, to protecting taxpayer privacy.

It's difficult to determine because the - all we have are the electronic records. There was no conversation permitted with anyone, at the Internal Revenue Service, involved in the actual audit.

Many years ago, there was another New York City Hotel mogul, who declared 'Taxes are for the little people.' And I think that's kind of the Trump idea.

Well, it's really outrageous. He had so many accomplices, in the Congress, House Republicans, who refused to permit us, to take a look at these returns, even in private, years ago.

And that specific actual information came from the Peruvian environmental authority. After that, as you know, a coffin was carried through Iquitos with his name on it, and he was eventually fired by the Peruvians.

And thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner, as I know customs is aware, 1 year ago today, 71 containers filled with Amazon rainforest timber, enough estimated to cover a number of football fields, almost 4 million pounds of timber, arrived…

Texas children right now have no reality as they will soon be returning to school than to duck and cover and learn new exercises. We can do something about that and banning assault weapons is the most critical issue in doing that, not the…

This bill costs $132 million per month. Without these targeted provisions to prevent Medicare from being looted, I must vote against it.

If anything is to occur meaningfully to protect American consumers and taxpayers from pharmaceutical price gouging, it will have to come from this Administration.

I think it is very important that your Administration do more than has been done to date to be transparent about that.

I know that you have been here recently to ask the Congress to provide supplemental COVID funding, which is no doubt needed.

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