National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) issued the following statement after a federal appeals court struck a blow Friday against the Trump Administration, ruling that the President acted unlawfully by trying to shift $3.8 billion in previously appropriated Pentagon funds—including $400 million from F-35 and $155 million from V-22 programs–to pay for his much touted border wall:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congressmen Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Ron Wright (TX-06) introduced the bipartisan Airport Infrastructure Resources (AIR) Security Act. The AIR Security Act would prohibit federal airport improvement funds from being used to purchase passenger boarding bridges from companies that have violated intellectual property (IP) rights and threaten the national security of the U.S.

Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), co-chair of the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Caucus, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that it plans to shift $3.8 billion in previously appropriated Pentagon funds—including $400 million from F-35 and $155 million from V-22 programs–to fund southern border wall construction:

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after he joined his colleagues to pass the H.Con.Res 83, the War Powers Resolution:

Congressman Marc Veasey released the following statement after he joined his colleagues on the floor today to vote for formal articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) of the Energy & Commerce and the Small Business Committees released the statement following today after he joined his colleagues to pass a bipartisan spending package:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) sent a joint appropriation letter he led with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-05) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) to House and Senate appropriators requesting that they maintain critical funding to protect our elections at the House-passed levels of $600 million for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and $16.2 million for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in the final FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, North Texas Congressmen Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Ron Wright (TX-06) introduced the bipartisan National Medal of Honor Monument Act. The legislation will recognize the city of Arlington, Texas as the new home of the National Medal of Honor Museum and also create a monument in Washington, D.C. to honor the valiant service of our nation's Medal of Honor recipients.