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Hillary Clinton has already secured endorsements from 102 Democratic lawmakers for her 2016 presidential run, locking down over 43 percent of all Democrats in Congress, according to a survey by The Hill.

Rep. Marc Veasey (Texas) — Hosted Ready for Hillary events in Texas.

On Thursday I was pleased to participate in a Congressional roundtable discussion with Congressman Michael Burgess and Congressman Marc Veasey, hosted by the Texas Association of Business, Texas Association of Manufacturers, and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. We discussed a variety of topics including transportation issues, onerous regulations imposed by the EPA, and other iss

Other officials in attendance were U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson and Marc Veasey, officials from D/FW International Airport and the North Central Texas Council of Governments and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings.

"We've got to be partners," the mayor said. "The city of Dallas must continue to grow."

Johnson and Veasey highlighted the importance of federal funding to regional transportation.

For the past 20 years, Arlington has been providing low-cost transportation services for the elderly and disabled through Handitran, a program that has been paid for with city and state funds along with a hefty grant from the Federal Transit Administration.

The federal dollars were eliminated in 2012, when legislation did away with an exception that allowed cities like Arlington, Grand Prairie and Mesquite to receive FTA grants to subsidize fuel, bus driver salaries and other operating expenses.

DALLAS/FORT WORTH

On March 27, Congressman Marc Veasey 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.

FORT WORTH – Con un tributo por oficiales de los gobiernos local y estatal, el nuevo lanzador de los Texas Rangers fue homenajeado el jueves 2 por la noche, en la misma comunidad donde inició su carrera hace casi 20 años.

Durante el evento en el estadio LaGrave Field, Yovani Gallardo recibió la llave de la ciudad por el vicealcalde Salvador Espino, quien leyó además un decreto del cabildo que marca el 2 de abril Día de Yovani Gallardo en Fort Worth.