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Besides Luján, Ortiz has discussed a possible run with his father.
"He was the guy here in South Texas who broke down barriers," the younger Ortiz said of his father. "He knows what it takes to be an effective member of Congress,"
And the topic has come up in conversations with some Texas House colleagues: U.S. Reps. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth and Joaquin Castro of San Antonio.
The president's 2016 budget proposal calls for the procurement of a total of 38 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marine Corps through 2020, in addition to 83 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps.
also spent time with Reps. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), a pilot, AOPA member, and cosponsor of Pilot's Bill of Rights 2; Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the House Aviation Subcommittee; Collin Peterson (Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party), a pilot and original cosponsor of Pilot's Bill of Rights 2; and Marc Veasey (D-Texas), who co-chairs the House GA Caucus.
The church was packed with leaders of Fort Worth's African-American community including U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks, former Fort Worth school Superintendent Walter Dansby, Tarrant County Democratic Party Chairwoman Deborah Peoples and former state District Judge Mary Ellen Hicks.
U.S. REPS. CONAWAY, VEASEY, AND HARPER FORM CONGRESSIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (CO2-EOR) CAUCUS
In what one North Texas congressman calls an effort to "prevent the next Ferguson," Fort Worth is one of six pilot sites chosen for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, a Justice Department program to help fight crime and build trust between communities and law enforcement agencies.
Federal officials will provide high-powered technical, research and training assistance to the cities, where officials welcomed the news.
"The reason why our country was in the situation that they were in during the civil rights movement is because they didn't want to do anything. They were prepared to just ride it out; they didn't want to take any risk, any chance," said Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), who was the lead plaintiff in the challenge to his state's voter identification laws.
That's how Republicans look now, Veasey said, but "they have the chance to change that perception."