Netanyahu’s fear mongering and apparent attempts to stoke a larger war only endangers Israelis. Peace and security for Iranians and Palestinians is necessary for Israeli security. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
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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[1/2] This summer's deadly heat across Europe was not simply a product of the weather. New research shows human-caused climate change was responsible for nearly two-thirds of more than 50,000 heat-related deaths. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/c...
[2/2] This is not a distant threat; it is a public health crisis fueled by our continued dependence on fossil fuels. Let’s save lives by resisting Trump’s backtracking and eventually take direct action to protect families from increasingly deadly heat. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/c...
[1/2] Trump’s outrageous attempt to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar’s citizenship is “a startling attack on the liberty of all Americans.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...
[2/2] As he persecutes and prosecutes any critic and any immigrant, he uses denaturalization as another tool to turn our diverse, thriving democracy into an authoritarian regime. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...
Even if you have already voted, isn’t there someone else you can encourage to vote early? Today and only 4 more days of early voting remain. Through Sunday: 244,086 ballots cast in Travis County, 4.17 million statewide. Shortest lines right now: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
If Sunday is your best day to early vote, this weekend is your only chance. You can find polling locations with the shortest current wait times here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
[1/3] Constructive meeting with Travis County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado and Tax Assessor-Collector Celia Israel, who report strong early voting turnout and a smooth process overall with broad Republican participation in conducting the election. Vote early: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
[2/3] Together with Mayor Kirk Watson & Rep. Casar, we expressed our shared goal of achieving a fair and transparent election that no person of good faith can justifiably question. Every eligible voter should be confident that their vote will count. Vote early: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
[3/3] Questions? Call 512-238-VOTE (8683). Vote early: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
Fearful that he is losing in Alaska, Trump is desperately clinging to power by weaponizing the Justice Department and declaring fraud nearly two weeks before an election has even occurred. The only threat to election integrity is Donald Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
With Early voting now underway, make your voice heard today! You can find polling locations with the shortest current wait times here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
Trump’s chief negotiator with Russia is just another Putin appeaser like his boss. He cannot tell the difference between humanitarian and an indicted war criminal for kidnapping Ukrainian children. Witkoff should be removed immediately. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Trump continues his quest to bulldoze Big Bend—turning to the Supreme Court after a Bush-appointed judge halted his wrecking ball. Big Bend is a natural border wall and Texas treasure. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
[1/2] American rabbis and advocates were detained for helping Palestinians harvest their olives. Now, Netanyahu’s right-wing regime is planning to deport them at the same time it offers impunity to those West Bank settlers who terrorize. www.npr.org/2026/10/21/n...
[2/2] Free the Americans to return to their good work, end the settler violence and Israeli occupation. www.npr.org/2026/10/21/n...
[1/3] Trump told Americans this war would last four to five weeks. Then he said we could be out in two or three weeks. Seven months later, it’s still going. finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
[2/3] Now Saudi Aramco’s CEO warns that depleted global oil inventories could take up to two years to rebuild—meaning higher gas prices could outlast the war by years. finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
[3/3] That’s the price of a war Trump said would be over almost before it started, even if he cannot figure out how to end it. finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
Over 40,000 of our Travis County neighbors cast their ballots yesterday. You can vote at any early voting location across the county. Have you made your voice heard in this most important election in more than a century? votetravis.gov/current-elec...
[1/2] Protecting our climate will protect our wallets. A recent UN report found that reducing emissions and pollution will boost the global economy as people spend less in healthcare costs and are healthier to work and be active in their communities. www.ft.com/content/3aec...
[2/2] Republicans refusal to combat emissions makes everyone worse off. We must act now to prevent dirty air and a growing climate crisis. www.ft.com/content/3aec...
[1/2] Trump has just used the new Russia sanctions law, which Republicans claimed would help Ukraine, to let Putin off the hook harm it. I voted against this travesty, whose true purpose was to expand the tariff powers of our aspiring tyrant Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
[2/2] Let’s hold accountable those electeds, who continue enabling Trump to help Putin as he slaughters more Ukrainians. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
[1/2] Trump’s reckless war on Iran drove diesel prices above $6 a gallon, and energy experts agree his Russia diesel deal won’t make a dent. What it really does is fund Putin’s war and undercut our allies. www.ft.com/video/ca7652...
[2/2] Zelensky is exactly right: Trump keeps giving Putin what he wants and getting nothing back. Americans aren’t getting relief, and Ukraine is getting left out in the cold. www.ft.com/video/ca7652...
After dismantling the Education Department, Trump targets our youngest children as he seeks to cut Head Start funding and eliminate bilingual education. Serving over 800,000, Head Start puts our kids on the path to success—Trump is working to make them stumble. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
[1/2] Transportation makes up the largest source of harmful greenhouse gas emission in the Nation. In his climate denial and quest to serve Big Oil Billionaires, Trump rolled back our clean car standards. www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
[2/2] His destruction will cost Americans more at the pump and make our summers even hotter. www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
[1/2] Trump's Russian diesel deal breaks the law, which resulted from my 2022 bill cutting off a major source of funding for Putin‘s war machine. time.com/article/2026...
[2/2] As Time reports, my comments are supported by both legal experts &energy analysts, who note that this won’t lower diesel prices, which were caused by Trump‘s reckless war with Iran. With new cash Trump is providing from Americans, only Vladimir Putin wins. time.com/article/2026...
[1/3] Following his repeated promises that he would bring prices down immediately after he became President, Trump just claimed victory: “we are bringing prices way down.” Yet, with his many failed policies, Inflation jumped from 3.4% in August to3.7% in September. www.cnn.com/2026/10/14/e...
[2/3] It’s not just gas: airfares, used cars, medical care and clothing are all up. For the sixth straight month, rising prices have wiped out any workers’ pay raises. www.cnn.com/2026/10/14/e...
[3/3] We deserve a leader who speaks the truth, not one who continually lies about his failures that cost us so much. www.cnn.com/2026/10/14/e...
Trump is permitting Russian diesel imports in direct violation of federal statute. He illegally rewards his pal Putin while blaming Zelensky for not bending a knee the way Trump has. More of my comments to AP. apnews.com/article/trum...
[1/2] GOP Senate Armed Services Chair & faithful Trump supporter, Roger Wicker, has it right— Trump’s diesel purchase gift to Putin is not “going to go through;” it’s a violation of the law prohibiting such imports into the US. punchbowl.news/article/sena...
[2/2] As Sen. Wicker stated, “there’s a much better way in the near term to lower energy prices.” Trump can end his reckless war with Iran. punchbowl.news/article/sena...
[1/2] After TRUMPing up charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver and inventing investigations into Senator Adam Schiff and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, Trump turns to another perceived political enemy, Rep. Ilhan Omar. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
[2/2] This lawless regime abuses its power and ignores the rule of law, but my colleagues are freedom-loving patriots who will not be intimidated. I stand with them and our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
[1/3] In 2022, my name was on the first law banning Russian fossil fuel imports to deny Putin funding for his brutal invasion of Ukraine. www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...
[2/3] Now, Trump is directly violating that law by removing sanctions to permit the first Russian diesel imports into the US since 2022, when this law went into effect, without satisfying the specific legal conditions for doing so. www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...
[3/3] He illegally rewards his pal Putin while at the same time once again blaming Zelensky for not capitulating to Putin. Meanwhile, every day Putin murders more Ukrainian civilians. www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...
[1/2] After failing to lower drug prices as promised, Trump has a new program, which shows how price gouging should be addressed by setting prices based on 19 other countries that pay substantially less. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intellige...
[2/2] Yet Trump lacks the courage to meaningfully take on Big Pharma—doing nothing for drugs purchased directly by consumers and focusing solely on a handful of Part B administered drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intellige...