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Washington, DC - Rep. Marc Veasey, member of the House Armed Services Committee and Helsinki Commission, issued the following statement in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that occurred this week:
"The events that have unfolded in the past couple of days have been deeply troubling, and let me be clear, they are the work of one man: Vladimir Putin. His intentions are entirely at odds with the Ukrainian people and the rest of the free world.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Marc Veasey (D-TX) of the Committee on Armed Services, Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Turner (R-OH), and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced the Supplying Ukraine with Provisions to Protect against Ongoing Russian Threats (SUPPORT) Act which would require plans for the United States to support a Ukrainian insurgency through both lethal and non-lethal assistance, as well as intelligence sharing, in order to impose
WASHINGTON – Rep. Veasey voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that makes key investments to improve the lives of Servicemembers and military families, while also strengthening our national security to keep America safe.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) led a bipartisan group of 89 members on a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to fully invest in a robust F-35 Lightning II program in its Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense (DoD) budget request and the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP). The letter urges strong support to this vital program so that long-term procurement and sustainment costs continue to go down.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have formally endorsed the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act which would reform the military justice system by moving the decision to prosecute serious crimes in the military from the chain of command. Congressman Horsford is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) joined his colleagues to pass a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a National Defense Authorization Act that honors our values, strengthens our security and advances America's leadership in the world. The legislation authorizes $732 billion in discretionary spending for our national defense for FY 2021 and passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 335 to 78.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coming on the heels of last month's vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) introduced the Diversity in Leadership Act—legislation establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to increase the number of women, LGBT individuals, and underrepresented minorities in military and civilian leadership positions of the Department of Defense.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Veasey (TX-33), after almost a year of coordination with expert stakeholders and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), today introduced a concurrent resolution calling for the creation of a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The resolution includes recommendations from four white papers the congressmen created with BPC on Workforce, National Security, Research and Development (R&D) and Ethics.
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), current member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and former member of the House Armed Service Committee released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021:
"Today, I voted in support of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395)—a sweeping bipartisan package that honors America's values, strengthens our security and advances America's leadership in the world.