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Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, unveiled H.R. 1645, the Transportation for Elderly and Disabled Individuals Act that would reinstate an allowance for cities such as Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Mesquite, Texas to use federal transit funding for operation and maintenance costs for transit services for the elderly and disabled.
Washington, D.C.— Hoy, el Congresista Marc Veasey, TX-33, desveló la H.R. 1645, Transportation for Elderly and Disabled Individuals Act, que reinstauraría los permisos en ciudades como Arlington, Grand Prairie y Mesquite, Texas para usar fondos federales de transporte para sufragar los costes de operación y mantenimiento de servicios de transporte público para personas mayores y discapacitadas.
City of Arlington
Today, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, unveiled H.R. 1645, the Transportation for Elderly and Disabled Americans Act that would reinstate an allowance for cities such as Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Mesquite, Texas to use federal transit funding for operation and maintenance costs for transit services for the elderly and disabled.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $7.63 million to Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) in Dallas, Texas through the department's Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo).
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, which would approve the final segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.
"Over the past 6 years, the Keystone XL pipeline has undergone an extensive and lengthy review process by the federal government. Learning from past incidents, now is the time to approve and build this pipeline to provide for the safest and most environmentally conscious way possible to transport our natural resources.
Jason Whitely
DALLAS — Virgin America's last flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was its first to Dallas Love Field Monday morning as the airline permanently moved its base of operations after the Wright Amendment expired.
The flight, normally about five minutes in the air, lasted about an hour as a ceremonial moving of operations. The airline also had to relocate its plane that flew in from California Sunday.
Deborah Fleck
Irving will host The Infrastructure Forum: The Future of Transportation and Water Thursday at theIrving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., and the forum ends a reception at 4:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey spent a few hours at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport where he got a taste of how an airline operates on the ground by working as an American Airlines baggage handler as part of his monthly Marc Means Business initiative.
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas— On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey will spend a few hours at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport where he will get a taste of how an airline operates on the ground by working as an American Airlines baggage handler as part of his monthly Marc Means Business initiative.
Mark Richardson, Houston Chronicle
The Transparent Airfares Act would help bring clarity to airline advertising and, in turn, help the industry ward off unnecessary economic pain. For this reason, it has strong bipartisan support in Congress - among cosponsors in the U.S. House are Texas Reps.