Minority Issues

FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Congressman Marc Veasey today announced that CVS Health will open 42 more COVID-19 test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across Texas, with 5 new sites opening in Texas' 33rd district. These new sites will utilize self-swab tests and will be available to individuals who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, in addition to age guidelines.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To ensure that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is prioritizing underserved and rural businesses, as required by the CARES Act, today, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27), Marc Veasey (TX-33), and Tony Cardenas (CA-29) introduced the PPP Data Diversity and Accountability Act of 2020. This bill would require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to collect and report on demographic data, disaggregated by race, in order to show how many PPP applicants were minority-, women-, or veteran-owned.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) announced he will introduce legislation that will bolster access to broadband for low-income and minority individuals that are facing unprecedented challenges during the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Veasey-led legislation will provide free or low cost internet service to low-income individuals or those who have recently been laid off or furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey joined Congressman James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip and Chairman of the House Democratic Rural Broadband Task Force, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee, along with members of the Rural Broadband Task Force and Energy & Commerce Committee, to announce the House Democratic Plan to Connect All Americans to Affordable Broadband Internet.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Fort Worth Housing Solutions is a recipient of a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant in the amount of $35,000,000 in order to transform the Cavile Place development:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released a small business resource guide to help small businesses throughout the 33rd District as the North Texas region fights the spread of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX) along with Reps. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), and Pete Olson (R-TX), led the entire Texas House Congressional Delegation to protect Medicaid funds for Texas hospitals by sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) highlighting several concerns over a proposed rule aimed at altering Medicaid financing, that would detrimentally impact Texas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution (H.Res 826) led by Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) that expresses disapproval of the Trump Administration's illegal Medicaid block grant plan, a plan inviting states to cap and slash the Medicaid program. This harmful plan would essentially allow states to receive a waiver to block grant their Medicaid programs for certain low-income Medicaid recipients, and have the impact of weakening the entire program and pushing Medicaid recipients off their much-needed, life-saving health care coverage.