Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined his colleagues to pass the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act – a package of bipartisan bills to put our nation on the path to achieve a clean energy future that lifts up and protects all communities in our country. Today's legislative package includes several pieces of legislation Rep.
ASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33), Shelia Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Barbara Lee (CA-13) along with local Fort Worth civil rights activist, Opal Lee, held a press conference urging Congress to pass the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (H.R. 7232)—legislation that was introduced earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the United State House of Representatives passed the Veasey-led "MEDIA Diversity Act"—bipartisan legislation that would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to consider market entry barriers for women and minorities in the communications marketplace report under section 13 of such Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coming on the heels of last month's vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) introduced the Diversity in Leadership Act—legislation establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to increase the number of women, LGBT individuals, and underrepresented minorities in military and civilian leadership positions of the Department of Defense.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX), joined by Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jennifer González-Colón (R-PR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), and Van Taylor (R-TX), led a 51-member letter calling for Congress to extend the aviation tax holiday, put in place by the CARES Act, to protect consumers and airline workers as the industry struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. The resolution includes recommendations from four white papers the congressmen created with BPC on Workforce, National Security, Research and Development (R&D) and Ethics.
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". The resolution will encourage voter registration in the month of September, and push for the security of our electoral system and stronger protections to ensure Americans can safely vote amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.
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. The Delivering for America Act requires the Postal Service to return to the Postal Service operations and levels of service that were in place on January 1, 2020 throughout the duration of the coronavirus public health emergency and requires all election mail to be treated as First-Class mail.
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). This will allow testing of cutting edge pipeline safety technologies in every day applications.