Lloyd Doggett
Representative for Texas · Democratic · United States
“Mr. Speaker, the day after Putin's tanks rolled into Ukraine, I filed the very first sanctions legislation against Russia, some of which became law.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“This is the same tariff authority which this very month Trump said he would use against 99 other countries, not because of their conduct, but if his appointee to the Federal Reserve Board did not lower interest rates instead of doing something about Trumpflation that all of us are beginning to feel.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“They wouldn't tighten the waiver. They wouldn't protect our allies, and they would not strip out the unrelated tariff provisions. I understand that many Ukrainians have been intimidated and threatened to support this bill or lose the little help the United States is currently providing, but Ukraine does not need a symbolic vote.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Chair, this bill should really be known as the desperation act because Republicans are so desperate to fund an endless war, so desperate to avoid angering their master at the White House, so desperate to find a way to exclude from the upcoming election many of the very voters that are about to vote them out of office.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Watching Trump blunder along in such a chaotic, irrational manner has caused many Americans to ask: Is he past his prime, or is he really sick? Yet, instead of providing an inquiry or a check on his condition, Republicans hand him another huge check today to do whatever he pleases.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Speaker Johnson calls our soaring national debt the ``number one threat'' to our Nation. The Republican Senate leader says that it is a ``ticking time bomb'' just before he lights the fuse with this sorry resolution that hikes the debt by $6 trillion.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
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“They wouldn't tighten the waiver. They wouldn't protect our allies, and they would not strip out the unrelated tariff provisions. I understand that many Ukrainians have been intimidated and threatened to support this bill or lose the little help the United States is currently providing, but Ukraine does not need a symbolic vote. They need the air defense interceptors Trump won't provide. They need the real economic help that he has delayed. They need the respect and earnest support that will allow them to prevail. Let's stand with Ukraine, stand up to Putin, and don't hand Trump a trade war weapon.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“This is the same tariff authority which this very month Trump said he would use against 99 other countries, not because of their conduct, but if his appointee to the Federal Reserve Board did not lower interest rates instead of doing something about Trumpflation that all of us are beginning to feel. This bill is a tariff notice with Russia written right there on the memo line, billed to our allies, but it is American families who will be paying for this bill with their groceries, their auto parts, their lumber, and much more. When it comes to Putin, for some weird reason, Trump's pen always runs dry, but when it comes to tariffs, his favorite word in the dictionary, it never stops. Republicans blocked every single Democratic amendment to make this a genuine Ukrainian bill instead of a bill that helped Trump.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the day after Putin's tanks rolled into Ukraine, I filed the very first sanctions legislation against Russia, some of which became law. Most every day since then, I have proudly worn this pin to symbolize the need for Americans and all people around the world concerned with freedom to stand with Ukrainian patriots and fight Russian war criminals. As Putin has terrorized Ukrainian civilians from kindergarten to nursing homes, no American--no American--has done more to help him than Donald J. Trump. At his insistence, American assistance has been reduced by 99 percent. He withheld hundreds of millions of dollars appropriated by this Congress. He has continually humiliated Zelenskyy. Most recently, he has insisted that the price of diesel isn't caused by the Trump reckless war with Iran, but by Zelenskyy.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Watching Trump blunder along in such a chaotic, irrational manner has caused many Americans to ask: Is he past his prime, or is he really sick? Yet, instead of providing an inquiry or a check on his condition, Republicans hand him another huge check today to do whatever he pleases. To shield themselves from accountability, they also add in this bill not really voter identification, but voter exclusion. They have it all backward. We should restrain the would-be tyrant, not restrain the voters. This misnamed bill is not about saving America. It represents Republicans' last-ditch effort, grasping for a life preserver before they sink. {time} 1310”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Chair, this bill should really be known as the desperation act because Republicans are so desperate to fund an endless war, so desperate to avoid angering their master at the White House, so desperate to find a way to exclude from the upcoming election many of the very voters that are about to vote them out of office. Obedient Republicans here today are doing nothing to address sky-high prices that are caused by erratic Trump tariff taxes and unnecessary conflicts. American families are paying about $1,100 each in increased costs as a result of Trump's operation epic folly, and servicemembers are continuing to pay with their lives. Now, Trump demands that we pay again for his billions of dollars wasted in a quagmire he hasn't the slightest idea how to get out of.”
House of Representatives22 July 2026Source ↗
“With soaring debt, plummeting markets, and a measles outbreak, I have to give the Republicans credit for turning America red, but not the way we expected.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Speaker Johnson calls our soaring national debt the ``number one threat'' to our Nation. The Republican Senate leader says that it is a ``ticking time bomb'' just before he lights the fuse with this sorry resolution that hikes the debt by $6 trillion. The independent Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget urges us to reject this ``unprecedented level of fiscal recklessness.'' Republicans are borrowing trillions more so Elon and his billionaire buddies can get more. Already a wrecking ball to our democracy, Trump, the self-described ``king of debt,'' is king today with his schemes to spike the debt as the Musk DOGE charade wrecks public services and Trump's ``beautiful'' tariff wrecks our economy and heads us straight toward a recession.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“We should reject this new Trump special interest legislation that will just result in more corruption in this administration, a loophole that would be exploited by wealthy tax cheats, drug traffickers, and terrorist financiers, for which there is absolutely no reasonable justification.”
House of Representatives11 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I would ask for a moment of silence to honor Congressman Sylvester Turner and to ask that when the House adjourns today, that it adjourn in his memory.”
House of Representatives5 March 2025Source ↗
“Trump, ``the great appeaser,'' is joined in this appalling wrong by House Republican accomplices. While Ukrainians dodge bullets and missiles and are risking death daily, most of the House Republicans seem scared into silence by the threat of a very mean Trump tweet. By its silence, this Republican white flag surrender caucus is emboldening our adversaries to replace the world order established by both Democratic and Republican leaders since World War II. If we fail Ukraine, our democratic ally, we fail the rule of law. Let's unite to resist the appeasement of Putin and seek a victory for self-determination, democracy, and freedom.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Putin and Trump: a dictator and a wannabe, and another destroyed Ukrainian city. Thousands have been murdered and thousands of children have been kidnapped. Trump disgracefully voted yesterday with North Korea and Russia to blame the murdered, not the murderer. Trump is joining a rogues' gallery of lesser dictators to deny Putin's murderous invasion, his war crimes, and a demand that he return occupied Ukrainian territory.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, very small instances--President Trump's excuse last night for freeing the violent January 6 criminals. To the 140 dedicated police officers who were injured that day, to the officer who was crushed in a door and had to protect his eye from being gouged out, to the officer who was punched with a flagpole, this was hardly Trump's ``day of love.'' Now, he has released these criminals back to their communities. One boasted of buying guns.”
House of Representatives23 January 2025Source ↗