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Online Sierra Club monthly meeting: Conversation with Congressman Lloyd Doggett

August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Basic Info

Date:
August 11, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Sierra-Club-Outings/events/272216469/

Who's Hosting This Event?

Sierra Club Austin Group
Who We Are:

The Austin Regional Group of the Sierra Club is a volunteer organization of over 5000 members. We’ve been an integral part of the Austin scene since 1968.

Our goal is to ensure that the Austin area remains a healthy, vibrant, place to live. We believe that the health of the human world is inextricably linked to the health of the natural world, and we offer a wide variety of activities and volunteer opportunities to support our goal.

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Lloyd Doggett
Event Category:

Other

Event Topics
Climate Change, Policy/Government
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Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.

We’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Our featured speaker is Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who will discuss the importance of the November election. Our health, our climate, and the future of our democracy is riding on it.

Lloyd Doggett has been a been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the past 25 years. He serves as Chairman of the Heath Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee, is a member of the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the House Budget Committee. Previously he served in the Texas Senate and as a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. https://doggett.house.gov/about/full-biography

Rep. Doggett has championed progressive causes in many areas including the environment, education, health care, preventing child abuse, reducing prescription drug prices, fighting poverty, and eliminating multinational tax shelters and loopholes.

The League of Conservation Voters has given Rep. Doggett a 97% lifetime rating. He has also received a 100% rating from Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, Environment America, National Parks Conservation Association, and from groups advocating for pro-choice, the Arts, campaign finance reform, civil liberties, education, gun control, better health, immigrants, unions, children, seniors, women, veterans, and others.

If you have not used Zoom before to join online meetings, it’s recommended to get a free account at http://zoom.us/ . It’s a good idea to test your phone or PC prior to the event. Turning on your microphone and camera (to be heard and seen during the meeting) is typically not needed. The URL to click on and join the meeting will be displayed after you RSVP.

Venue

Online