Representative Lloyd Doggett

District 37 - Representative Lloyd Doggett - D

2307 Rayburn House Office Bldg

Washington DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-4865

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Committees:

• BUDGET; 

• WAYS & MEANS (Subs: Health (Ranking Member); Oversight; Trade); 

• TAXATION

Global Action Record:

• 2003 - HR 1298 - AIDS, TB, Malaria - Yea 

• 2003 - HR 192 - Microcredit - cosponsor - passed voice vote 

• 2003 - HR 2069 - TB - foreign - cosponsor 

• 2003 - signed Microcredit sign-on letter

• 2003 - signed Global Fund sign-on letter

• 2003 - weighed-in on funding levels

• 2003 - signed Microcredit letter to Intl Financial Insts

• 2004 - HR 3818 - Microcredit auth - cosponsor 

• 2004 - HR 4061 - Orphans & vulnerable children - cosponsor 

• 2004 - signed AIDS funding sign-on letter

• 2005 - signed TB funding sign-letter

• 2005 - signed Leach/Lowey G-8 summit sign-on letter

• 2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - cosponsor 

• 2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - Yea

• 2005 - signed Smith/Holt World Bank microcredit sign-on letter

• 2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote 

• 2006 - HR 5022 - Stop TB Now - cosponsor     

• 2007 - HR 1302 - Global Poverty Act - cosponsor  

• 2007 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - cosponsor 

• 2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - cosponsor & speak to Pelosi 

• 2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent 

• 2007 - HR 2092 - Education for All Act - cosponsor 

• 2007 - signed Lee/Shays AIDS funding sign-on letter to Appropriations

• 2007 - signed Holt World Bank Microcredit meeting sign-on letter

• 2007 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank Microcredit meeting letter to Zoellick

• 2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote 

• 2007 - NAY on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund 

• 2007 - signed Payne letter requesting Senate TB funding level of $200m 

• 2007 - signed Payne/McCaul - World Bank Tuberculosis sign on letter to Zoellick

• 2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent 

• 2008 - HR 1801 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor 

• 2008 - HR 2266 - United Stated Commitment to Global Child Survival - cosponsor 

• 2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Yea / yea on Senate version

• 2008 - HRes 1268 - House sense on foreign assistance as critical to security - cosponsor

• 2008/01/21 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank Microcredit follow-up letter

• 2008/07/11 - signed Payne letter requesting $550m for global TB programs

• 2008 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank letter with 3 specific microcredit requests

• 2009 - HR 2000 - Muhammad Yunus Gold medal - cosponsor

• 2009/03/26 - signed Pomeroy global education funding letter

• 2009/06/12 - signed Payne/Young letter requesting $650 for bilateral TB programs

• 2009/10/22 - signed Lee/Inglis/Payne letter to Obama for $1.75B GFATM in FY11

• 2010/07/22 - sign Lee letter urging President Obama to support $6B over 3 years for the GFATM 

• 2011/05/27 - signed Van Hollen letter urging USAID to support $450m over 3 years for GAVI 

• 2011/07/15 - signed Rush/Smith/Payne letter urging USAID to focus micro-finance on poorest, women, Sub-Saharan Africa with savings led programs 

• 2011/11/17 - HR 2705 - Education for All Act - cosponsor 

• 2012/03/20 - signed Lee letter to Appropriations requesting support for GFATM and global AIDS programs

• 2012/03/20 - signed Reichert/McCollum/Schnock/Capps letter to Appropriations requesting support for maternal and child health programs

• 2012/08/02 - HRes 734 - Recognizing frontline health workers - cosponsor

• 2012/08/02 - HR 2524 - Microenterprise Empowerment and Job Creation Act - cosponsor

• 2012/09/13 - signed Schakowsky letter to Sec. of State Clinton to support $125m in FY13 to Global Partnership for Education

• 2012 - joined TB Elimination Caucus

• 2013/04/17 - signed McCollum, Reichert, Capps, Schock letter to Foreign Operations in support of Maternal & Child Health and Nutrition programs

• 2013/06/04 - signed McCollum, Reichert, McGovern, Schock letter to administration requesting pledge for Nutrition for Growth

• 2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Yea

• 2013/08/01 - Christa Puder attended breakfast with World Bank president Jim Kim

• 2013/10/11 - signed Frankel letter commending Malala Yousafzai

• 2013/10/30 - HR 2780 - Education for All Act - cosponsor

• 2014/04/01 - signed McCollum, Reichert, Capps, Schock Maternal & Child Health “robust” funding letter

• 2014/05/21 - signed Schakowsky Global Partnership for Education $250 million / 2 year pledge letter to administration

• 2014/08/01 - HRes 688 - Supporting vaccines through GAVI Alliance - cosponsor

• 2014/12/17 - sent personal letter requesting $1b/4year Gavi pledge to President Obama

• 2015/02/11 - HR 902 - Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2015 - cosponsor

• 2015/03/18 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Schock maternal & child health appropriations letter

• 2015/03/19 - signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter

• 2015/03/19 - signed Lee AIDS appropriations letter

• 2015/03/24 - signed Reichert/McDermott education appropriations letter

• 2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12Trade Promotion Authority - Nay / 

• 2015/07/31- signed Reichert/Lee/McCollum/McCaul letter to Pres. Obama urging maternal & child health funding in FY17 budget

• 2016/02/29 - HR 3706 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor 

• 2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Ross/Lee Maternal & Child Health appropriations letter

• 2016/03/16 - signed Lee Global Fund and PEPFAR appropriations letter

• 2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/ McDermott Basic Education / GPE appropriations letter

• 2016/03/17 - signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter

• 2017/03/27 - signed Reichert/Lee/McCaul/Ross/Bera Maternal & Child Health robust funding letter to Foreign Ops 

• 2017/03/28 - signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral TB $450million funding letter to Foreign Ops 

• 2017/03/28 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen Global Fund & PEPFAR robust funding letter to Foreign Ops 

• 2017/03/28 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education robust funding letter to Foreign Ops

• 2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)

• 2018/03/16 – signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral Tuberculosis Appropriations letter

• 2018/03/16 – signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Lee/Ross/Bera/Donovan Maternal & Child Health, Gavi and Nutrition Appropriations letter

• 2018/03/16 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen GFATM/PEPFAR Appropriations letter

• 2018/03/16 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education & GPE Appropriations letter

• 2018/08/02 – signed Engel, Young, Green urging admin for bold U.S. leadership at UN-HLM on TB

• 2018/10/23 - HR 4022 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act – cosponsor

• 2019/01/17 - signed Lee/Smith GFATM letter to Secretary Pompeo

• 2019/03/17 – signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick Basic Education / GPE Approps letter

• 2019/03/22 – signed McCollum/Brooks/Lee/ Fitzpatrick M&CH, Gavi, Nutrition letter

• 2019/03/22 – signed Engel/Young TB Approps letter

• 2019/03/25 – signed Lee/Wagner GFATM / PEPFAR Approps letter

• 2019/08/13 - cosponsor HRes 517 - Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment

• 2019/11/14 - cosponsored HRes 189 in support of global maternal & child nutrition

• 2020/03/06 - Signed House TB Engel, Young Approps letter with $400m

• 2020/03/09 - Signed House Education. GPE Quigley, Fitzpatrick Approps letter with robust funding

• 2020/03/09 - Signed House PEPFAR, Global Fund Lee, Wagner Approps letter with robust funding

• 2020/03/10 - Signed House MCH, Gav, Nutrition McCollum, Brooks, Lee, Fitzptrick Approps letter with $900m, $290m, $200m

• 2020/04/24 - signed Lee/Roby $1 billion Global Fund COVID-19 Emergency Response letter

• 2020/06/30 - signed Frankel/Rooney global response to COVID-19 letter

• 2021/04/21 - signed Quigley, Fitzpatrick robust Basic Education Approps letter 

• 2021/04/22 - signed McGovern, Fitzpatrick $300 million Nutrition Approps letter 

• 2021/04/23 - signed Bera, Young $1b global / $225m CDC Tuberculosis Approps letter

• 2021/07/13 - signed Kilmer/Fitzpatrick letter to administration urging $1 billion / 5 year GPE pledge

• 2021/07/21 - signed Krishnamoorthi/Jayapal/Malinowski letter calling for global vaccination efforts 

• 2021/12/15 - signed Vaccine Caucus COVID letter to Appropriations 

• 2022/02/18 - signed Lee/McCaul letter to administration in support of robust pledge to Global Fund

• 2022/04/18 - signed Jacobs, Fitzpatrick, McGovern, Kim $300m for Global Nutrition & Maternal & Child Health Approps letter

• 2022/04/22 - signed Houlahan, Bera, González-Colón, Meijer significantly increase funding for PEPFAR & Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Approps letter

• 2022/04/22- signed Bera, Wagner $1b for global TB and $225m million for TB in CDC Approps letter

• 2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)

• 2023/03/21 - signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick strong funding Global Education letter

• 2023/03/22 - signed Houlahan/Bera/González-Colón/ Salazar significant increase in funding to PEPFAR and strong support for Global Fund letter  

• 2023/03/22 - signed Bera/Wagner $1b  Tuberculosis Letter 

• 2023/03/22 - signed Fitzpatrick/Jacobs/Salazar/Jim McGovern $1.15b Maternal & Child Health, $340m Gavi,  and $300m Nutrition Letter

• 2023/06/13 - cosponsor HR 681 READ Act Reauthorization Act 

• 2024/04/29 - signed Houlahan/Bera/González-Colón/Salazar Global Fund strong support letter

• 2024/04/29 - signed Fitzpatrick/Jacobs/Salazar/McGovern Maternal & Child Health, Gavi, and Nutrition $300 million Nutrition, $1.15 billion Maternal & Child Health including $340 million for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance letter

• 2024/04/29 - signed Bera/Wagner Tuberculosis $1 billion letter

• 2024/09/12 - signed McGovern/Salazar Nutrition for Growth letter to Administration 

• 2024/12/23 - READ Act Reauthorization Act signed into law within H.R.5009 the  National Defense Authorization Act 

• (2025/01/31 - signed Cohen letter to Administration to reconsider withdrawal from WHO)

• (2025/02/04 - signed Cherfilus-McCormick letter to Administration for urgent action to maintain USAID's integrity) 

• 2025/05/09 - signed Holahan, Bera, Kelly, Salazar, Fitzpatrick Global Fund letter - strong support for PEPFAR and the full 1/3 contribution to the Global Fund 

• 2025/05/09 - signed Fitzpatrick, Jacobs, Salazar, McGovern Maternal & Child Health, Gavi, and Nutrition letter - robust funding

• 2025/05/13 - signed Bera, Wagner Tuberculosis letter - $225 million U.S. TB and $1 billion global TB

• 2025/05/09 - signed Quigley, Fitzpatrick Basic Education and GPE letter - $970 million Basic Education, including $150 million for GPE

 U.S. Action Record: 

• 2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - Yea 

• 2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Yea / Yea after veto / Yea after rewrite 

• 2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - Yea/Yea 

• 2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Yea 

• 2007 - HR 3014 - Health Equity and Accountability Act- cosponsor

• 2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - Yea 

• 2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - Yea 

• 2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-Yea 11/15-Yea 

• 2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 Yea 

• 2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Yea/Yea/Yea 

• 2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea 

• 2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) -  Yea 

• 2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - yea / yea after veto 

• 2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Yea

• 2009 - HR 4154 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act - Nay

• 2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Yea

• 2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Yea 

• 2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Yea

• 2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Nay/Nay

• 2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Nay

• 2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b)- Nay

• 2014/01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay

• 2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Nay 

• 2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Nay

• HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Nay

• 2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Nay, Nay

• 2020/06/29 - HR 7301 - Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act – Yea 

• 2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea

• 2021/10/15 - signed Torres letter to leadership preserve housing funding in recovery bill

• 2022/11/09 - signed Jayapal letter urging no corporate tax break w/o CTC & EITC expansion 

• 2023/06/07 - initial cosponsor HR 3899 American Family Act (CTC) 

• 2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Nay

• 2025/07/04 - H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Reconciliation bill) signed into law Senate 51-50 & House 218-214 - Nay