Rep. Lloyd Doggett
@doggett.house.gov
Representing Austin in Congress. Leading Democrats on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. Cyclist, Longhorn, husband to Libby, father, grandfather.
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I voted NO on today’s Republican legislation to fund DHS/ICE. A rogue agency tied to in-custody deaths, abusive detention practices, and routine violations of constitutional rights should be stopped, not bankrolled.
Great to hear from finalists Holland Francis, Kundana Addala, and Diya Darshan of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy about their Bill Book app, which helps Texans track state legislation in real time.
February 3, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Great to hear from finalists Holland Francis, Kundana Addala, and Diya Darshan of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy about their Bill Book app, which helps Texans track state legislation in real time.
Inspiring to hear from students Akshara Reddy and Apple Ma from Westwood HS, finalists in the Congressional App Challenge, about their innovative project, VoxtAI. This AI-powered civic platform empowers Gen Alpha students to learn about their rights and engage with govt and school officials.
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Inspiring to hear from students Akshara Reddy and Apple Ma from Westwood HS, finalists in the Congressional App Challenge, about their innovative project, VoxtAI. This AI-powered civic platform empowers Gen Alpha students to learn about their rights and engage with govt and school officials.
Even Mike Pence got this right: as small businesses and American families get hammered with high prices from Trump’s tariffs, lobbyists are cashing in by securing special deals for their wealthy clients. It’s long past time for Congress to end Trump’s costly trade war that’s only benefiting the rich
Pence Group Attacks Trump’s Tariffs for Spurring Lobbying Spree
Federal lobbying tied to tariffs shows that the levies benefit K Street lobbyists, not Main Street businesses and regular voters, a conservative advocacy founded by former Vice President Mike Pence sa...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Even Mike Pence got this right: as small businesses and American families get hammered with high prices from Trump’s tariffs, lobbyists are cashing in by securing special deals for their wealthy clients. It’s long past time for Congress to end Trump’s costly trade war that’s only benefiting the rich
Texans continue to make their voices heard about harmful Trump/Abbott actions. Congratulations to new Texas State Senator Taylor Rehmet.
Voting is the most effective form of protesting an extremist agenda of skyrocketing health care premiums, rising grocery prices, and weakened public schools.
Voting is the most effective form of protesting an extremist agenda of skyrocketing health care premiums, rising grocery prices, and weakened public schools.
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Texans continue to make their voices heard about harmful Trump/Abbott actions. Congratulations to new Texas State Senator Taylor Rehmet.
Voting is the most effective form of protesting an extremist agenda of skyrocketing health care premiums, rising grocery prices, and weakened public schools.
Voting is the most effective form of protesting an extremist agenda of skyrocketing health care premiums, rising grocery prices, and weakened public schools.
Congratulations to Vihaan Gandra, Shivank Ahuja, and Pranav Kulshrestha of Grisham Middle School and Westwood High School on earning first place in the Congressional App Challenge with their app, CareLoop.
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Congratulations to Vihaan Gandra, Shivank Ahuja, and Pranav Kulshrestha of Grisham Middle School and Westwood High School on earning first place in the Congressional App Challenge with their app, CareLoop.
Trump has steered our country into a costly trade war where there are no winners. American families are paying steep tariff taxes—about $1,700 more per year in higher costs.
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs
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February 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Trump has steered our country into a costly trade war where there are no winners. American families are paying steep tariff taxes—about $1,700 more per year in higher costs.
Trump’s MAGA cult loves to wave Bibles while persecuting our neighbors.
Bishop Mark Seitz warns that what we’re witnessing is not Christian and shows a “total disregard for fundamental human rights.”
You cannot preach the Gospel on Sunday and defend cruelty on Monday.
Bishop Mark Seitz warns that what we’re witnessing is not Christian and shows a “total disregard for fundamental human rights.”
You cannot preach the Gospel on Sunday and defend cruelty on Monday.
Q&A with Bishop Seitz: Immigration crackdown shows 'total disregard' for human rights
"People are suffering, and the effects of that suffering will have an impact on our country too, for many years to come," Bishop Mark Seitz told NCR in an interview at his office in El Paso.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump’s MAGA cult loves to wave Bibles while persecuting our neighbors.
Bishop Mark Seitz warns that what we’re witnessing is not Christian and shows a “total disregard for fundamental human rights.”
You cannot preach the Gospel on Sunday and defend cruelty on Monday.
Bishop Mark Seitz warns that what we’re witnessing is not Christian and shows a “total disregard for fundamental human rights.”
You cannot preach the Gospel on Sunday and defend cruelty on Monday.
Trump’s recent actions on the world stage are as embarrassing as they are alarming. His temper tantrums are breaking down over 80 years of alliances and causing incredible damage to U.S. global standing.
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Trump’s recent actions on the world stage are as embarrassing as they are alarming. His temper tantrums are breaking down over 80 years of alliances and causing incredible damage to U.S. global standing.
Trump’s determination to wreck every important international institution and partnership with allies threatens our security, our public health, and our global leadership. With more dreaded diseases and pandemics coming, withdrawal from the World Health Organization endangers us all.
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Trump’s determination to wreck every important international institution and partnership with allies threatens our security, our public health, and our global leadership. With more dreaded diseases and pandemics coming, withdrawal from the World Health Organization endangers us all.
Measles isn’t “the cost of doing business.” It’s the consequence of quackery and Trump – approved misinformation from RFK and his aides—undoing more than 30 years of progress in eliminating this dangerous virus.
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Measles isn’t “the cost of doing business.” It’s the consequence of quackery and Trump – approved misinformation from RFK and his aides—undoing more than 30 years of progress in eliminating this dangerous virus.
Just as he kept secret his unlawful attack, Trump and his so-called “most transparent administration in history” continue to hide information about the proceeds from the oil he was so eager to claim. I demanded answers from Sec. Rubio and Sec. Bessent on the Trump-Venezuela-Qatar oil bargain.
Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House
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January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Just as he kept secret his unlawful attack, Trump and his so-called “most transparent administration in history” continue to hide information about the proceeds from the oil he was so eager to claim. I demanded answers from Sec. Rubio and Sec. Bessent on the Trump-Venezuela-Qatar oil bargain.
Moved by the patriots in Minneapolis protesting in defense of their neighbors and our Constitutional rights, The Boss used his gifts to spread their inspiration. A beautiful tribute to Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and all freedom-loving Americans.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Moved by the patriots in Minneapolis protesting in defense of their neighbors and our Constitutional rights, The Boss used his gifts to spread their inspiration. A beautiful tribute to Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and all freedom-loving Americans.
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Do you typically receive an IRS refund via a paper check? Thanks to a new Trump Executive Order prohibiting the timely issuance of refund checks, if you don’t give —or do not have— a direct deposit filing number for the IRS you could face over a month’s delay.
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Do you typically receive an IRS refund via a paper check? Thanks to a new Trump Executive Order prohibiting the timely issuance of refund checks, if you don’t give —or do not have— a direct deposit filing number for the IRS you could face over a month’s delay.
During a Congressional oversight hearing, Mr. Hemsley of UnitedHealthcare personally committed to me that he would investigate denials of in-network status and one-time authorizations to @drelisabethpotter.bsky.social. Hopeful his promise to negotiate in good faith will soon benefit many Austinites.
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
During a Congressional oversight hearing, Mr. Hemsley of UnitedHealthcare personally committed to me that he would investigate denials of in-network status and one-time authorizations to @drelisabethpotter.bsky.social. Hopeful his promise to negotiate in good faith will soon benefit many Austinites.
Trump says he wants to “de-escalate" in Minneapolis, but he just sent Tom Homan to lead operations. The same person who is working to “create a database” on protesters “to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Trump says he wants to “de-escalate" in Minneapolis, but he just sent Tom Homan to lead operations. The same person who is working to “create a database” on protesters “to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Newly unsealed documents confirm that the Trump regime knowingly targeted students for their free speech. Rubio and Noem worked to arrest and deport students for exercising their First Amendment rights, weaponizing legitimate concerns about antisemitism to crush dissent and amass power.
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Newly unsealed documents confirm that the Trump regime knowingly targeted students for their free speech. Rubio and Noem worked to arrest and deport students for exercising their First Amendment rights, weaponizing legitimate concerns about antisemitism to crush dissent and amass power.
I voted against giving another penny to ICE and Kristi Noem and remain hopeful that Senate Democrats will do the same. We must stop these lawless attacks on innocent American citizens.
We will continue to expose the Trump regime’s lies and demand accountability.
We will continue to expose the Trump regime’s lies and demand accountability.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I voted against giving another penny to ICE and Kristi Noem and remain hopeful that Senate Democrats will do the same. We must stop these lawless attacks on innocent American citizens.
We will continue to expose the Trump regime’s lies and demand accountability.
We will continue to expose the Trump regime’s lies and demand accountability.
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor and mourn the millions of lives lost at the hands of the Nazi regime. Amidst the alarming rise in antisemitism and intolerance around the world, we must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust and stand steadfastly against all forms of hate.
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor and mourn the millions of lives lost at the hands of the Nazi regime. Amidst the alarming rise in antisemitism and intolerance around the world, we must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust and stand steadfastly against all forms of hate.
While I have been a sponsor of Kristi Noem impeachment resolution since it was first filed, Trump should dismiss her this week. ICE has become a 3-letter word for lie, and Noem another way of saying incompetent, irresponsible.
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
While I have been a sponsor of Kristi Noem impeachment resolution since it was first filed, Trump should dismiss her this week. ICE has become a 3-letter word for lie, and Noem another way of saying incompetent, irresponsible.
With tax filing season already underway,taxpayers are bracing for delays, errors, and worse service after the GOP slashed IRS funding and staffing. Since Trump took Office, he has had 7 different commissioners and still has no permanent leader. Taxpayers deserve better than Trump chaos.
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
With tax filing season already underway,taxpayers are bracing for delays, errors, and worse service after the GOP slashed IRS funding and staffing. Since Trump took Office, he has had 7 different commissioners and still has no permanent leader. Taxpayers deserve better than Trump chaos.
Trump’s Board of Peace, more accurately known as his “Board of Hypocrisy,” composed of war criminals, thugs, and the intimidated. Not focused on Gaza, since Palestinians excluded. Only about Trump wanting to be king of the universe.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Trump’s Board of Peace, more accurately known as his “Board of Hypocrisy,” composed of war criminals, thugs, and the intimidated. Not focused on Gaza, since Palestinians excluded. Only about Trump wanting to be king of the universe.
As liar-in-chief, Trump has clearly inspired his agents to lie about Minneapolis killings of American citizens and to obstruct state and local law enforcement from conducting independent investigations. So much lawlessness and disregard of our Constitution, Trump, Bondi, and Noem should be impeached
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
As liar-in-chief, Trump has clearly inspired his agents to lie about Minneapolis killings of American citizens and to obstruct state and local law enforcement from conducting independent investigations. So much lawlessness and disregard of our Constitution, Trump, Bondi, and Noem should be impeached
Alex Pretti, a nurse who cared for our veterans, was dedicated to helping others in any way he could serve. Though he posed no threat, this beautiful life was cut far too short by trigger-happy ICE agents.
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Alex Pretti, a nurse who cared for our veterans, was dedicated to helping others in any way he could serve. Though he posed no threat, this beautiful life was cut far too short by trigger-happy ICE agents.
Listening now with our Democratic caucus to our former colleagues Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison as they describe lawless federal conduct from Trump’s invasion of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis Live Updates: State Seeks Access to Evidence as Federal Officials Blame Shooting Victim
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January 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Listening now with our Democratic caucus to our former colleagues Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison as they describe lawless federal conduct from Trump’s invasion of Minneapolis.
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My thoughts recorded yesterday about Trump regime flooding cities with unwanted and unnecessary ICE agents. More violence, more suffering, more chaos, more tragedies. 5 times more federal agents invading Minneapolis than its entire police dept.
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
My thoughts recorded yesterday about Trump regime flooding cities with unwanted and unnecessary ICE agents. More violence, more suffering, more chaos, more tragedies. 5 times more federal agents invading Minneapolis than its entire police dept.