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April 20, 2017

Dallas / Fort Worth, TexasCongressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after a three- federal judge panel ruled that Texas Republicans intentionally discriminated against African American and Latino voters when they drew the 2011 Texas House maps:


April 10, 2017

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit Veasey v. Abbott, released the following statement after a federal district court ruled that the Texas Voter ID law intentionally discriminated against African-American and Latino voters:


April 7, 2017

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after President Trump ordered an airstrike of 59 Tomahawk missiles against an Assad regime operated military facility that previously launched a deadly chemical attack against Syrian civilians:


April 7, 2017

Washington, D.C. – On April 6, 2017, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, reintroduced legislation to streamline the federal financial aid application process for citizen students with immigrant parents and to protect undocumented students from discrimination if they apply to a state college or university that receives financial support from the federal government. The Trump Administration's immigration policies have evoked fear within our communities, but should not deter undocumented and first generation American students from pursuing higher education.


April 6, 2017

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), introduced bipartisan legislation to help in our nation's fight against climate change by making carbon capture technology more attainable. The Carbon Capture Improvement Act, the House bill that complements U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman's (R-OH) legislation, would help power plants and industrial facilities finance the purchase and installation of carbon capture and storage equipment.


March 29, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Congressional Blue Collar Caucus, co-chaired by Congressmen Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), hosted a robust and productive inaugural listening session featuring national and international labor leaders: Terry O'Sullivan, President of the Laborers' International Union of North America, Bob Martinez, President of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and James Boland, President of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers.


March 24, 2017

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after Speaker Paul Ryan canceled the vote on House Republicans' replacement bill to the Affordable Care Act, H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act:


March 23, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional Blue Collar Caucus, co-chaired by Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and Marc Veasey (D-TX), stands in strong opposition to the federal budget proposed by President Trump, which guts key investments in America's infrastructure and abandons working families.


March 22, 2017

Dallas, TX – On Friday, March 24, 2017, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will visit Rudolph Foods Company, where he will make their world-famous pork rinds as part of his March ‘Marc Means Business' work day. During his shift, Veasey will work on the production line and attempt to box more than 60 bags of pork rinds in just one minute, work in the quality assurance lab, and work in the staging area to prepare Rudolph Foods products for nationwide distribution.