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Build Back Better Act

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 18, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. DOGGETT. Madam Speaker, this bill offers childcare; educational opportunities from pre-K to post-grad; and the first belated, substantial response to the climate crisis. My top healthcare priority is providing assistance to 2 million Texans out of 6 million Americans who were denied healthcare by sorry Republican Governors. Families left out and left behind can finally see a family physician. From my bill to strengthen Medicare, we at least cover hearing care, which is important to reducing depression and dementia.

Had we overcome Big Pharma's stranglehold over this Congress, we could have delivered much more. Savings from meaningful drug price negotiations could have financed vision and dental. Without further Biden administration action though, most Americans will still be victims of prescription price gouging.

While so much remains to be done, this historic legislation offers real hope and opportunity, reducing inequities and lifting up those too often forgotten.

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