Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Veasey (TX-33), after almost a year of coordination with expert stakeholders and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), today introduced a concurrent resolution calling for the creation of a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX), founder of the Voting Rights Caucus, and current co-chair, introduced a bicameral resolution with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to designate September as “National Voting Rights Month”.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, with the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) voted to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey visited the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Fort Worth Processing and Distribution Center to see the first hand impact of the Administration’s changes on postal workers and the delivery of mail in North Texas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Marc Veasey, along with Representatives Lizzie Fletcher, Bob Latta, and Troy Balderson introduced the Pipeline Safety Pilot Program Act. The bill establishes a pilot program for pipeline safety enhancement at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, led his colleagues on a letter urging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to open an investigation into the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts at voter suppression. The Trump Administration has openly attempted to disenfranchise voters this Novemb
WASHINGTON — The House today passed, on a 217 to 197 vote, a package of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills. The package consists of six bills that fund federal departments including Defense, Commerce, Justice, Energy, Treasury Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), member of the Energy and Commerce Commitee, introduced legislation to address the growing threat of COVID-19 related scams. The Stopping COVID Scams Act of 2020 would hold bad actors accountable for defrauding consumers during the current public health emergency.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Marc Veasey (TX-33), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Colin Allred (TX-32) held a call with regional reporters today demanding the Senate extend $600 weekly emergency unemployment payments that are due to expire at the end of this month.
