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Lloyd Doggett

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Lloyd Doggett

@RepLloydDoggett

Representing Austin in Congress. Leading Democrats on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. Cyclist, Longhorn, husband to Libby, father, grandfather.

Austin

Joined June 2010

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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Feb 28
Trump has declared war on Iran without exhausting nonviolent alternatives, without a long-term plan, and without any legal authorization. Wasting billions in a destabilizing bloody conflict, even though directed at a despicable regime, he imperils the lives of Americans and
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
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Trump promised to bring down costs for American families on Day One. Instead, his war with Iran did the opposite — adding $132 billion to the bills people are already struggling with: higher gas, higher mortgage rates, higher airfare, higher fertilizer costs.
Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger
From npr.org
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
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Four years since the dreadful Supreme Court Dobbs decision turned back the clock 50 years and eroded reproductive freedom and women’s rights. Too many Texans are dying from pregnancy complications and struggling to access basic health care. Restoring abortion rights must be a
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 23
The Kennedy Center's façade is tarped over after a judge ordered to drop Trump's name. The welcome sign has it right, and the JFK statue donated by David Rubenstein, the generous chair, who Trump fired, is still standing.
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 23
Since Trump started his illegal war with Iran on Feb. 28, the average U.S. household has paid an extra $400+ for gas and diesel. Nationwide, that's $60B+ and counting, per @Watson_School's live tracker — on top of the Pentagon's own understated $29B price tag. Another Trump
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 22
Another example of colossal waste: $14.7M, no-bid, to a contractor with zero federal experience — to repaint the reflecting pool. Two weeks later, the paint's already peeling and the algae's back. Taxpayers are paying full price for an unnecessary part-time fix.
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 22
While Trump campaigned on lowering prices, he just said gas prices are “not very high.” Tell that to Americans at the grocery store, where everyday staples are soaring—driven largely by his tariff taxes and unjustified war. Enough is enough. Working together, Democrats can
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 20
Medicare Advantage insurers offer advantage neither to taxpayers nor insured. taxpayers are charged about $2,660 more per enrollee than Traditional Medicare. New report finds 95% of denials for nursing facility care are overturned on appeal—showing an alarming rate of improper
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 19
Juneteenth started here — in Texas, in Galveston, in the communities that turned a long-overdue announcement into a lasting tradition. Today is a celebration of their resilience, but also a reminder that the work towards a more perfect union continues.
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 18
Extreme negligence has led to outbreaks of severe illness, mental health crises, and death in ICE detention centers. Millions of taxpayer dollars have gone to fund rushed construction and inhumane conditions for thousands of detainees.
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 18
Up to 2 million MORE Americans may lose access to a physician as Trump continues to sabotage the Affordable Care Act with a death by a thousand cuts strategy. Higher costs, fewer doctors, less health care. He’s working overtime to turn ObamaCare into Trump NothingCare.
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 18
Debbie Hiott has provided outstanding leadership at KUT. UT is diminished when KUT is impaired and a distinguished journalist is dismissed for encouraging the very type of nonpartisan, open discussion to which our universities should be dedicated.
Emails show UT leaders’ involvement before Debbie Hiott firing
From statesman.com
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Lloyd Doggett
@RepLloydDoggett
Jun 17
Thanks to his Republican supplicants in Congress, Trump has now secured $70 billion in additional funding for ICE and CBP, giving the rogue agencies “unbridled authority to push through [his] mass deportation campaign” while guaranteeing them unprecedented and unchecked power.
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