Summary
Current: US Representative of TX District 35 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership:
District: predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
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History: Doggett received both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as student body president his senior year.
Doggett was previously a member of the Texas State Senate and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights
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About
Source: Government page
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett represents communities from San Antonio to Austin. He serves as Chairman of the Heath Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee, the oldest committee of the United States Congress. Doggett is also a member of the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee, the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the House Budget Committee.
Save the Children recognized his leadership with the Congressional Champion for Real and Lasting Change Award. AARP honored him twice, once with its Legislative Achievement Award for his leadership on Medicare, and again with its Legislative Leadership Award for his efforts to preserve seniors’ access to healthcare. He received the “Vision Award” from the Power of Preservation Foundation for his commitment to historic preservation. He was also awarded the “Champion of Music” award by the Texas Chapter of The Recording Academy, which sponsors the Grammy Awards, and has been recognized 12 times by Austin Chronicle readers with a “Best of Austin” award, most recently in 2021. He is a leader in the effort to lower prescription drug prices, and authored bills that established the Commission to End Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities and successfully enacted a higher-education tax credit.
While a student at The University of Texas at Austin, he was elected student body president and graduated first in his class from the College of Business Administration. He then graduated with Honors from Texas Law, where he served as Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review. Elected to the Texas Senate soon after, Congressman Doggett became known for his untiring work ethic. He authored 124 state laws, including one which created the Texas Commission on Human Rights to prohibit discrimination, and another called the Texas Sunset Act, which sought greater efficiency and accountability by requiring periodic review of government agencies.
Prior to coming to Congress, Congressman Doggett served as Justice to the Texas Supreme Court, he wrote opinions supporting the right to a trial by jury and authored an important rule bolstering the public’s access to information. He served as Chair of the Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Ethics and was recognized as an Outstanding Judge in Texas by the Mexican-American Bar of Texas. He was awarded the James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, and received the First Amendment Award from the National Society of Professional Journalists.
Since Lloyd Doggett was elected to the United States House of Representatives, he has served as a strong defender of Social Security, Medicare, health care, immigration reform, the environment, our veterans, and public education. The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce has named Congressman Doggett the Government Hispanic Business Advocate of the Year. To learn more about Representative Doggett and his legislative priorities, you can visit the Issues page of this site.
Representative Doggett’s wife, Libby, recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning at the U.S. Department of Education. They have two daughters: Lisa, an Austin physician; and Cathy, who leads teams across Texas that work with new, disadvantaged parents. The Doggetts have four grandchildren: Ella, Clara, Zayla, and Canyon.
Personal
Full Name: Lloyd A. Doggett II
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Libby; 2 Children: Cathy, Lisa
Birth Date: 10/06/1946
Birth Place: Austin, TX
Home City: Austin, TX
Religion: Methodist
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Education
JD, University of Texas at Austin, 1970
BBA, University of Texas at Austin, 1967
Political Experience
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 37, 2023-present
President Pro Tempore, Texas State Senate
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 37, 2024
Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 35, 1994-2023
Senator, Texas State Senate, 1973-1984
Candidate, United States Senate, 1984
Professional Experience
Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1989-1994
Adjunct Professor, University of Texas School of Law, 1989-1994
Offices
San Antonio Office
217 W. Travis St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: (210) 704-1080
Austin Office
300 East 8th St, 7th Floor
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 916-5921
Washington, DC Office
2307 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4865
Contact
Email: Government
Web Links
Politics
Source: none
Finances
Source: Open Secrets
Committees
Committee on Ways and Means
Congressman Doggett serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax, trade, Social Security, and Medicare. He serves as Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee.
Committee on the Budget
Congressman Doggett also serves on the House Budget Committee, committed to investing in our country’s future, growing the economy, and making progress in areas like employment, health care, and tax fairness.
Joint Committee on Taxation
The Joint Committee on Taxation is closely involved with every aspect of the tax legislative process.
New Legislation
Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Doggett.
Issues
Source: Government page
The ability to afford a college degree is in jeopardy for too many.
I will continue to stand up for equal rights and equal respect for all Americans, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
To grow our economy, we need to invest in our workforce, education, and job training. We need to fix our crumbling infrastructure, bringing it into the 21st century.
I am committed to preserving hard-fought for reforms to our health system.
Instead of building walls, we must build bridges. Passing comprehensive immigration reform will grow the Texas economy—it will mean more small business startups and more graduating students.
You do not have to be a scientist to recognize the role of climate change in the extreme weather we currently experience.
So many veterans have planned their lives around the benefits promised to them as service members and they should not be forced to bear the weight of balancing our Nation’s budget on their backs.
The 2020 election and efforts to limit ballot access in Texas, Georgia and elsewhere, underscores the urgent need for comprehensive, structural democracy reform.
The peaceful protests across our country, which began after an officer sworn to uphold the law suffocated African American George Floyd, are a call for new and bolder action, a plea for something m
We should be seeking bipartisan legislation designed to encourage entrepreneurship, support small businesses, and grow jobs here in America.
Impeachment of a president is a question of enormous magnitude, not to be undertaken lightly.
More Information
Services
Source: Government page
District
Source: Wikipedia
Texas’s 37th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives was created as a result of the 2020 census. It consists of a portion of Travis County, including much of Austin, and extends into southern Williamson County. It is represented by Lloyd Doggett.[3] The district is contained predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
From 1903 to 2005, the Austin area had been covered solely by Texas’s 10th congressional district, which initially covered all of Travis County and areas from surrounding counties, but which steadily shrank over time as Austin grew more populated. From 2005, the Austin area was partitioned between several congressional districts, and the 10th’s then-incumbent representative, Democrat Lloyd Doggett, was forced to move first to the 25th district from 2005–13 and then to the 35th district from 2013–23, both of which contained both a portion of Austin and an extensive area outside of it.
After eighteen years of there being no Austin-centered district, the 37th district was created as of 2023, centered on the Austin area as the pre-2005 10th district had been.
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