Lloyd Doggett TX-37

Lloyd Doggett

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

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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.

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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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