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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett represents Central Texas communities in the U.S. House of Representatives. He serves as Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee. Doggett also serves on the Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the House Budget Committee.
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Washington, D.C.—Today, Texas Congressmembers, joined by House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman, urged Trump Administration officials to delay work on a proposed road across and over Big Bend National Park’s Mariscal Mountain until specific details of the project are made fully available and questions answered about the potentially irreparable destruction the project poses.
Washington, D.C.—Today, House Ways and Means Committee members Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), introduced the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act to provide overdue updates and improvements to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and allow pending COVID-19 vaccine claimants to seek relief under the VICP.
Issues:Healthcare
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, joined by 44 colleagues, introduced the Saving Medicare Enrollees from Deceptive Insurers and Creating Ample Resources for Everyone (Saving MEDICARE) Act. This landmark legislation comprehensively addresses the many ways Medicare Advantage insurers are overpaid—with a consistent goal of leveling the playing field so that Traditional Medicare does not remain at a disadvantage to giant private insurance companies.
Issues:Healthcare