Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Veasey (TX-33) today voted for the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). The package is a once-in-a-generation package to lower the everyday costs that burden working families – from health care to child care and more. In addition, the package includes Veasey-led priorities to close the coverage gap by expanding Medicaid, fortify Texas's power grid, and invest in local clean energy initiatives.
Washington, DC – Representatives Marc Veasey (TX-33), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Charlie Crist (FL-13), Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02) and Darren Soto (FL-09) introduced the Let Our Cities And Local businesses Help Employees Achieve Long-Term Health Act (LOCAL HEALTH) Act.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) today released the following statement after voting for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This $550 billion package is the largest investment in the nation's infrastructure in nearly a century and includes Veasey-led priorities to expand nationwide access to affordable broadband and secure key investments to enable a net-zero carbon emission economy.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) led a bipartisan group of 89 members on a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to fully invest in a robust F-35 Lightning II program in its Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense (DoD) budget request and the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Preventing Disruptions to Universal Services Funds Act to extend access to federal funds for telecommunications programs for three years, eliminating the need for a yearly fund recertification.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX), founder of the Congressional 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". The resolution will encourage voter registration in the month of September and push Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to preserve the right to vote amid Republican-led voter suppression attempts.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Veasey (TX-33) voted to defend women's constitutional right to reproductive health care with H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act. Amid a dangerous Texas-led assault on women's basic health freedoms, this landmark legislation enshrines into law the vital protections of Roe v. Wade and secures the right to reproductive care for all women across America.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives today to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that honors our values, protects our national security, helps our nation's brave servicemembers, and bring our defense into the modern era.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee passed its provisions of the Build Back Better Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Marc Veasey (TX-33), member of the House Armed Services Committee, today applauded the House Armed Services Committee's bipartisan passage of H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.