Press Releases
Fort Worth, TX – On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will join the sanitation crew at Knight Waste Services to collect trash and recycling for Fort Worth area residents. As part of his ‘Marc Means Business’ work day, Veasey will learn how to operate and ride-along in a back loader garbage truck, pick up trash and recycling bins curbside, and learn more about what it takes to work a morning shift under the Texas heat.
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Dallas, Texas— On Wednesday, June 29, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will present a local DFW veteran with his restored medals, including a Purple Heart, in honor of his service in the Korean War.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s recent selection of Mountain View College as one of the sixty-seven test sites for the Second Chance Pell Pilot program, a nationwide trial to make Pell Grants available for inmates pursuing higher education:
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s 4-4 decision on the President’s Immigration Executive Actions:
“Today’s decision from the Supreme Court’s Immigration Executive Actions on expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), is a major blow to the millions of immigrant undocumented families who continue to live in the shadows.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey, co-chairman of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, introduced H.R. 5557, The Poll Tax Prohibition Act, to ensure the underlying costs of restrictive photo voter ID laws don’t prevent everyday Americans from exercising their right to vote. Three years after the Shelby County v. Holder decision gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Rep. Veasey remains committed to protecting voters from the modern day poll tax.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, issued the following statement as House Democrats demand a vote to address gun violence:
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Rep. Marc Veasey and Members of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus will hold a press conference to demand immediate Congressional action on voting rights legislation. On the heels of the three-year anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder Supreme Court decision that dismantled key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus is answering the call to protect and restore the right to vote for every U.S. citizen.
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Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at expanding college access for undocumented and first-generation American students.
Washington, D.C. – Congresista Marc Veasey, TX-33, y más de 15 demócratas en la cámara de representantes introdujeron H.Res. 777, una resolución que reconoce la valentía de dos estudiantes de Texas indocumentados que han sido escudriñadas a nivel nacional por sus logros académicos. La conversación nacional en contra de los estudiantes indocumentados es directamente establecida por la agenda racista de los republicanos atacando los inmigrantes, musulmanes, y los homosexuales.