Lloyd Doggett, U.S. Congressman representing Texas’s 37th district since 1995, posted a series of tweets on April 15 and 16, 2026, addressing tax enforcement, consumer protection efforts, and health insurance coverage in the United States.
Later that day, he commented on recent actions concerning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “After a federal judge stopped Trump from eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—a watchdog agency that has delivered $21 billion back to consumers by stopping loan sharks, scams against veterans, and predatory lenders—he’s now determined to shutter the building.”
On April 16, Doggett addressed changes to health insurance policy: “With Trump terminating tax credits designed to make health premiums affordable, over a million people were forced to drop their coverage.
Now, one in seven who had previously had coverage are giving up their health plan because they cannot afford enormous premium increases.”
Doggett is an Austin native born in 1946 and continues to reside there. He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining Congress in 1995 after succeeding J.J. Pickle, he served in the Texas Senate from 1973 to 1985.
He has maintained strong electoral support in his district; most recently in 2024 and previously in 2022 he defeated Jenny Garcia Sharon by significant margins.
