Congressman Lloyd Doggett

Right now, President Trump and his Republican enablers are working to erode protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. Americans deserve better. Health care should be affordable and protect patients when they actually need it.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Doggett highlights Republicans’ latest assault on protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, in contrast to Democrats’ agenda to lower health care costs and prescription drug prices For The People.

The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted the third of its 2018 Congressional Leadership series luncheons Tuesday, this time featuring U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

Our Declaration of Independence proclaims that all of us have been “endowed with certain unalienable Rights” that include “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Those rights depend on being alive and healthy. That is why more and more of us are declaring that guaranteed health care is a right, not a privilege. But guaranteed health care is an illusion if we cannot afford the medications and treatments that we need.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett joins MSNBC to discuss the loss of Sen. John McCain, an American patriot of honor and integrity, the latest Trump revelations, and what’s next as Congress reconvenes on Tuesday, 8/28/2018.

U.S. Rep. Doggett joined CNN to discuss the cruelty of President Trump’s family separation policies and his efforts to combat it. He called for an immediate end to this un-American abuse of asylum seekers and denounced the human rights abuses that President Trump is carrying out right here in Texas.