Women's Rights

FORT WORTH - This week, Rep. Veasey urged the House Committee on Judiciary to hold an oversight hearing in North Texas to examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) handling of prisons with reports of high sexual misconduct and coverups. Veasey's letter comes in direct response to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram investigation which revealed that Fort Worth's FMC Carswell prison had the highest number of sexual abuse claims out of all U.S. women's prisons.

WASHINGTON –On Friday, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus joined his House Democratic colleagues to introduce the Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act (Expanding the VOTE Act). This legislation supports jurisdictions in their efforts to help everyone vote, no matter their English-language proficiency.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Veasey today voted on bold legislative action to defend women's reproductive freedom. As Republicans attempt to criminalize abortion across the country, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women's Health Protection Act to ensure Americans' right to make their own health decisions and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act to reaffirm the right to travel throughout the country to access life-saving reproductive care freely.

WASHINGTON – Following the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX), founder of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, and current co-chair, introduced a bicameral resolution with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to designate September as "National Voting Rights Month". The resolution will encourage voter registration in the month of September and push Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to preserve the right to vote amid Republican-led voter suppression attempts.

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.

Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after Former Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on all three counts in George Floyd's death: