House Democrats representing districts along the U.S.-Mexico border expressed alarm on Friday that the Trump administration’s plans to waive certain environmental laws to build a wall could hurt wildlife. . .Three other Texas Democrats signed onto the letter: Reps. Henry Cuellar, Filemon Vela, Lloyd Doggett and Joaquin Castro. Cuellar and Vela also represent parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Such political organizations are only looking out for their boosters’ best interests as they begin to focus more sharply on taxes as the GOP push to repeal the Affordable Care Act has stalled yet again, according to Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).
The ranking member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, Doggett’s criticism was particularly pointed at groups tied to the billionaire Koch brothers, which are hosting an event with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin later today and another one Wednesday with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) issued a statement ahead of the event criticizing GOP lawmakers and the Koch brothers.
“The Republican opening act of tax cuts for the superrich masquerading as health care repeal may have collapsed, but their billionaire buddies are setting the stage for the main event,” Doggett said.
“Congress may have recessed for August, but billionaire special interests, who demand ever more tax breaks, never go into recess.”
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (District 35): “The master of distraction is at it again. Caught up in the swirl of misconduct surrounding the Trump family, he issues yet another ban to change the subject … We should honor and protect all, no matter their gender, who risk their lives to defend our freedoms.”
The Democrats, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.), Ted Deutch (Fla.) and Lloyd Doggett (Texas), want Price to reveal who in the administration dictated the cut and whether officials weighed “the burden and adverse impacts” on both the teenagers receiving TPPP services and the health professionals providing them. The economic effect on local communities, the lawmakers suggested, should not be ignored.
U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (TX) and Mark Pocan (WI) led 16 House Democrats in calling on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to require multinational corporations to disclose meaningful country-by-country reporting information in their public financial statements. Requiring the information would help strengthen disclosure and efficiency in corporate financial statements, while protecting investors, policymakers, and the American public.
Kearns was one of about a dozen people who spoke at a forum hosted by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, a liberal Democrat from Austin. Doggett probably doesn’t need convincing but the delay in a Senate vote has given opponents an opportunity to mount more resistance to the legislation. Doggett billed the event as a Medicaid town hall.
Re: “Americans pay for research, can’t afford resulting drugs,” Lloyd Doggett, Other Views, June 7:
You laser focus in on the true vulnerable point: these Big Pharma corporations don’t plow their profits into research as their public statements claim. We pay the research bill, and I suspect they are working on ways to divert this research money into more “rewards for managerial effectiveness.” I applaud your stand and your commitment to your constituents. I only wish that I were in your district, rather than next door in District 21, whose representative unfortunately holds the opposite view.
Congressman Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin: “The CBO score confirms that the Republican health repeal bill remains a big loser. The super-rich get more wealth while many get less health. After weeks of secret maneuvering and arm twisting, their big accomplishment is lowering the number of Americans who lose health care coverage from 24 million to 23 million to 22 million. This Republican bill is a giant tax cut for those at the top masquerading as a health care bill. This losing score further evidences the importance of stopping both the Senate rush for repeal this week and the ongoing Trump sabotage of the ACA. “Under their plan, insurance becomes a scheme of fear and fine print — fear that you will not be able to afford your care and fine print to keep you from qualifying for the care you need. The more time the public has to understand this sorry bill, the louder they will protest against it. … Republicans seem intent on making America uninsured again.”
In May, the Ways and Means Committee held one hearing focused on the border tax proposal, and another on increasing U.S. competitiveness. However, Tax Policy Subcommittee ranking minority member Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said Congress needs more time to discuss potential legislation inspired by the GOP’s “A Better Way” tax reform blueprint. Doggett suggested that Republicans’ true time frame is to pass a tax bill before December, without much public input, just like they did with the American Health Care Act (AHCA, H.R. 1628). He said potential hearings should address “what are the pros and cons of expensing capital investments versus deducting interest,” which are two of the major blueprint proposals.
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