Protect ACA/ Reproductive Rights
Washington, D.C. – Members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation released the following statements after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a critical case that challenges Texas’ House Bill 2, a restrictive anti-abortion law passed in 2013,and represents the most comprehensive challenge to the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Roe v. Wade in nearly a decade:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) along with colleagues Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5), Diana DeGette (CO-1), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Ami Bera (CA-7), Eliot Engel (NY-16), and Nita Lowey (NY-17) led a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging Republican leadership to support a comprehensive response to the ongoing Zika outbreak, including a robust effort to expand access to women’s reproductive care at home and abroad.
SCOTUS: Texas on the hook for $1.1M in legal fees to Davis, et al
AUSTIN - The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to let stand a ruling that awarded more than $1.1 million to lawyers who represented former Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis and several minority-rights groups in a case challenging Texas' redistricting plans.
Slaughter and Schneiderman urge Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) joined US Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) on Tuesday to lead a group of 155 Democrats and 2 Independents in filing an amicus brief in the case of Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole.
More than 150 congressional Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to strike down a Texas law that restricts abortion and has closed clinics.
The lawmakers told the court, which is due to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole in March, that the law is unconstitutional. If allowed to stand, the law is likely to be copied by other states, they said in a brief released Tuesday.
Dems weigh in on looming abortion battle
Congressional Democrats are pressing the Supreme Court to uphold access to abortion clinics, stepping into a looming legal battle on reproductive rights.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement reviewing his key legislative accomplishments since being sworn into office in 2013 and work he has done on behalf of the residents in the 33rd Congressional District:
"As 2015 draws to a close, I would like to take some time to reflect on some of the key legislative goals we have accomplished for the 33rd Congressional District since 2013.
Texas Democrats in Congress request federal relief in Planned Parenthood fight over Medicaid
AUSTIN–Texas Democrats in Congress sent a letter to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services this month asking that they “explore all options available at the federal level”...