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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said he often had a chance to talk to Sutherland when meeting with Angle in Washington.
"He was a very low-key guy, very quiet, but just a really good guy," Veasey said. "He was very nice, very respectful and he always worked really hard."
Sutherland believed in his work at the Lone Star Project, said Gosar, a legislative correspondent and aide for Veasey.
"He was a really kind, very gentle person, and he honestly believed in the Texas progressive cause," he said. "He wasn't from Texas, but he was ready and willing to help."
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., was in town Saturday talking about immigration and the San Francisco snafu.
"I have two daughters, two beautiful daughters, and my heart aches for this young woman whose life was snuffed out because everyone ignored the record of a career criminal," he said on a visit for neighborhood forums with U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth.
Gutierrez said the suspect should "rot in hell."
House Republicans have failed to move forward to fix our broken immigration system. As a result, many immigrants and their families anxiously await a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on whether U.S. Customs and Immigration Services can begin accepting applications for deportation relief under the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) already has his congressional football dream team picked out.
"Oh man, Cedric Richmond of course. I would definitely want him on the team. That would be my first round draft pick," said Veasey of the Democratic Louisiana lawmaker.
"Seth Moulton [D-Mass.] is a pretty athletic guy is my understanding. Eric Swalwell [D-Calif.] is also really athletic," he added.
Veasey and other lawmakers joined a host of gridiron stars at an educational clinic hosted by the NFL and USA Football on Wednesday evening to promote safety in tackle football.
"Oh, God," Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) replied, lowering his head to the side when asked about the operation.
Veasey said that based on his time in the Legislature in Austin and "watching how sort of reckless and right and radical that the leaders down there have become … sadly, I'm not surprised" by the reaction.
Concerns about the exercise have persisted despite repeated statements from the Defense Department and Army leaders.
In Texas, all was mostly quiet on the Democratic front. Most in the party were reluctant to comment, saying they wanted more time to study the 109-page agreement.
"I'm not ready to weigh in right now," U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said at the U.S. Capitol.
"I'm glad we're taking the stand that we are. I think it's really important," said U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth "I believe that it's long overdue, and I believe it's time we finally move on."
Democrats escalated the issue into the afternoon by revisiting a resolution to ban the display of the Confederate rebel flag at the nation's Capital. The target of that legislation was likely the Mississippi state flag.
Even so, Democrats, led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, continued to inject chaos into the day's House floor proceedings. They succeeded in tying up the floor on the issue, scuttling the funding bill and diverting the trajectory of the day's news amid negotiations with Iran and a pending highway bill.
"I'm glad we're taking the stand that we are. I think it's really important," said U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth "I believe that it's long overdue, and I believe it's time we finally move on."