In the News
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy about state Sen.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, believes the United States can counter Russia's insurgency in the Ukraine without deep military involvement.
In an interview with KERA, Veasey, a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, outlined three steps the United States is taking to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Economic Sanctions
Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled this week that the state of Texas must turn over legislators' emails related to the much-disputed 2011 voter ID law they passed:
In celebration of financial literacy week, Rep. Marc Veasey teamed up with Citibank for Teach Children to Save Day at Schulze Elementary School in Irving.
The Citibank program aims to instill basic financial understanding and responsibilities in children.
Citi's Division Director for Texas Eleanor Millwood joined Rep. Veasey in teaching a lesson for seven 2nd grade classes about the basics of saving.
This week, the civil rights legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson is being celebrated and every Texan should be proud.
President Barack Obama and three living former U.S. Presidents -- George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter -- are visiting the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin to discuss such issues as same-sex marriage, immigration policy, race, women, and education and to honor President Johnson's tremendous leadership in winning passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During Equal Pay Day on April 8, Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33, said that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men – including passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. National Equal Pay Day symbolizes the point at which, more than three months into the year, women's wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.
WASHINGTON -- Any legislators' emails that reveal a discriminatory motive for passing a 2011 Texas voter ID law, signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R), could soon come to light thanks to a federal judge's recent ruling.
WASHINGTON — The haunting scene of another mass shooting at Fort Hood is igniting a debate among lawmakers, especially from Texas, about the Pentagon's rules against personnel carrying guns on military bases.
Wednesday's shooting marks 28 victims killed in three mass shootings at military installations over the last five years.
The 1993 Pentagon regulation was designed to ensure safety by imposing "limit and control" of firearms on military and civilian workers at bases.
Updated 4 p.m. | Rep. Jeff Denham wants a vote on his bill that would allow illegal immigrants brought to the country as children to gain permanent residence in the United States in exchange for military service — and he's got a plan in the works.
The California Republican is looking for Democrats and Republicans who are members of the House Armed Services Committee to sign on as co-sponsors of his legislation, known as the ENLIST Act, a House GOP aide familiar with Denham's efforts told CQ Roll Call.