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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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Mar 11, 2019

President Trump's own Opioid Commission recommended that we at least negotiate the price of Naloxone.

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Mar 11, 2019

Big Pharma has exploited that crisis by raising the cost by 700 percent of the lifesaving opioid overdose drug Naloxone.

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Mar 11, 2019

We have gone now over two years, and all we have now is the same one-page description of the President's plan.

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Mar 11, 2019

He talked about bringing the cost of prescription prices down.

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Mar 11, 2019

I think my main complaint is that the folks who prepared this budget did not listen carefully to President Trump.

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Feb 26, 2019

Unless you get meaningful structural changes to address this stealing of our intellectual property... this is an agreement not worth having.

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Feb 26, 2019

It is a binding trade agreement that you are seeking, you can seek it only through delegation of congressional authority.

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Feb 26, 2019

The goal here is meaningful structural changes. And if we don't get them, this is an agreement not worth having.

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Feb 26, 2019

This ongoing negotiation with China is a trade agreement--that is the goal--and not a memorandum of understanding.

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Feb 26, 2019

I think our country is fortunate that you are on the front lines of this very important negotiation.

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Feb 26, 2019

You might pay nothing or no more than half of what you would pay here in America in taxes if you invest in Shanghai instead of investing in San Antonio.

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Feb 26, 2019

The ultimate increase in wages for workers seems to be getting further and further away.

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Feb 26, 2019

The money flowed into stock buybacks and to dividends.

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Feb 12, 2019

Just another of the phony promises that were made for----

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Feb 12, 2019

Every tax cut, in my view, every spending increase, has to be paid for.

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Feb 12, 2019

I am pleased that every amendment that we offered as Democrats trying to improve that bill was fully paid for.

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Feb 12, 2019

We had steady economic growth, we had jobs, we had job growth, we had economic progress well underway

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Feb 12, 2019

Let them achieve their all, that that would be a growth incentive in Texas, in our southwestern states, and in many other parts of the country

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Feb 12, 2019

Most every objective economic study, whether it is from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or independent economist, shows that if we move forward with comprehensive immigration reform, it would be a boon to our economy

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Feb 6, 2019

This Committee, should it decide to make these records public, has powers that even the special counsel, Mr. Mueller, does not have

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Jan 17, 2019

Let us send a strong, bipartisan message, not just to the White House, but to the Kremlin, by rejecting this favoritism toward Putin. Let's vote today as Members of the United States Congress, not the Russian Duma. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker…

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Dec 12, 2018

Atrocities that are supported with American tax dollars. They fear that a bipartisan majority of this House would reject what has become a wretched stain on our Nation. Last month, this same group of Trump enablers buried consideration of…

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Sep 25, 2018

The attitude was best captured by one pharmaceutical executive who within the last month said that he had a, ``moral requirement . . . to sell the product for the highest price.'' Today's two minor prescription drugs bills are being passed…

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Jul 25, 2018

Her sister could not get coverage. Though she had substantial chemotherapy coverage, it was not enough to cover the full amount of the treatment that she needed. We cannot go back. These folks would drag us back along with the chief…

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Jun 21, 2018

I would say, instead of taking these hostages and passing this bill, they need to build a great mirror and look in it to see how they have become willing accomplices to this wrongdoing. I bet Mexico would pay for that.

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