: hello, i'm congressman lloyd doggett, and i represent communities deep in the heart of texas from san antonio to austin. my neighbors are telling me to defend their access to health care. amidst all the noise of the repeated tweetstorms from what some of his own employees have recently described as 'crazytown,' president trump has teamed up with his house republican enablers to undermine health insurance protections for millions of americans. remember the courageous vote last year of the late senator john mccain? his powerful thumbs down stopped republicans in what was their 60th plus attempt to repeal the affordable care act. but it didn't stop them, later, were drivingk and up families' health care costs with provisions in their republican tax scam for the wealthy. and this week, in a united states district courtroom in fort worth, a texas republican relied upon their tax changes to demand termination of any protection for americans who have a pre-existing medical condition. the trump administration agreed, refusing to defend this current, vital safeguard upon which 130 mil

texas congressman lloyd doggett delivered the democratic weekly address and spoke about health care.sman doggett: hello, i'm congressman lloyd doggett, and i represent communities deep in the heart of texas from san antonio to austin. my neighbors are telling me to defend their access to health care. amidst all the noise of the repeated tweetstorms from what some of his own employees have recently described as "crazytown," president trump has teamed up with his house republican enablers to undermine health insurance protections for millions of americans. remember the courageous vote last year of the late senator john mccain? his powerful thumbs down stopped republicans in what was their 60th plus attempt to repeal the affordable care act.

: hello, i'm congressman lloyd doggett, and i represent communities deep in the heart of texas from san antonio to austin. my neighbors are telling me to defend their access to health care. amidst all the noise of the repeated tweetstorms from what some of his own employees have recently described as 'crazytown,' president trump has teamed up with his house

lloyd doggett of texas has put forth, a bill that would terminate the unfair unjustified provisions of the 2017 tax bill that encourages further investment by american corporations overseas. reverse that. and bring that money back home and if we pair that bill with mr. delaney, we would see the opportunity for a real infrastructure program and set up a program where we could use that money coming back into america from the kind of tax reform that mr. doggett has put forth and mr. delaney has put forth, to build our infrastructure. having american corporations who enjoy the benefits of this nation, pay their fair share and not hide their profits overseas as so many have done and will do even more because of the tax program. and final point about our rogram, which we call a better deal. or the people. america knows the level of corruption that's taking place here in our nation. they hear it. they see it on television. and there's never -- well, never's been a long time. in the memory of living americans, there has never been such a corrupt administration as we have today. e.p.a. director

equally effective member of the ways and means committee from the state of texas, my good friend, lloyd doggett, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: today's sequel is as phony as the original republican tax sham. it comes from administration for whom truth is a stranger. clocked in by one analysis at 7.5 lies on the average per dayful but even for such an administration, this bill is based on a true whopper. here we have it from the executive office of the president, telling us this is officially -- this is official administration policy that every american family, the arch household income will be increased by at least $4,000 annually. and yet today fewer than 5% of american families have gotten a dime. increase in their income as a result of this bill. truly, a giant whopper. but like the promise that mexico would pay for the wall that drug companies would bring down their prices, all we have is more misrepresentation today. corporate giants got -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one more minute. mr. dogget