Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Rettig asking that they take action to address the barriers that could prevent individuals experiencing homelessness from receiving their stimulus checks.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) hailed the House passage of the interim relief package which includes increased funding for small businesses, hospitals, and testing. Today's bill provides immediate interim support and reflects significant improvements over the initial Senate GOP bill.
This interim relief package:
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Marc Veasey (TX-33) Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), and Judy Chu (CA-27) sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to include reporting requirements on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the next coronavirus response package. Specifically, the letter requests that reporting requirements be included in the bill to allow Congress to track loan applications filed by minority-owned businesses, and the number of loans that are approved and denied to minority-owned businesses.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Congressman Bill Flores (R-TX) led over 200 bipartisan lawmakers in asking the Trump Administration to direct current federal government advertising funds to local news and media outlets.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Today, Rep. Marc Veasey announced that he has partnered with Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and the North Texas-based Mary Kay Cosmetics to secure the distribution of hand sanitizer to the citizens of Tarrant County to bolster public health as a way to combat the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would invest more than $1 billion in 1,387 health centers as part of a historic U.S. response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic:
Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) supported the Coronavirus Community Relief Act, new legislation led by Congressmen Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), Andy Levin (MI-09) and Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) to provide $250 billion in stabilization funds for local communities, cities and towns across the United States that are struggling amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
DALLAS, TX - Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) joined the entire Texas Democratic delegation urging Governor Greg Abbott and Secretary of State Ruth Hughs to implement a no-excuse vote-by-mail program for all elections in the state of Texas until the end of this year. The letter also calls for preserving in-person voting opportunities for those who need them, as long as in-person voting sites are structured in a way that will allow them to respond to any public health concerns.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Rep. Veasey (TX-33) led a group of his fellow Texans in admonishing Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other senior officials to reconsider a statewide ban on abortions during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak—a move that strips away safe, essential and time-sensitive reproductive health care for Texas women.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) applauded passage of the historic Families and Workers-First legislation, which will now go to the President's desk for his signature.