Press Releases
Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act:
"I would like to commend the House of Representatives for putting partisanship aside and voting in to pass the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 with bipartisan support."
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, joined fellow members of the Texas House Democratic Congressional Delegation in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting the Department of Justice to initiate legal proceedings to stop the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) from imposing arbitrary and discriminatory restrictions on "Navigators" for health insurance exchanges. Texas is one of nine states whose laws limit how health care navigators can help constituents buy insurance and learn if they are eligible for federal assistance to pay for it.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33 joined 48 Freshman House Democrats led by Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), this week in urging Speaker of the House John Boehner (OH-8) to schedule an immediate vote to extend emergency unemployment insurance for 1.3 million Americans who lost their benefits due to congressional inaction at the end of the year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement on the passing of former Fort Worth Mayor Bob Bolen:
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Veasey, TX-33, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to begin consideration of a bipartisan three-month extension of unemployment insurance (S. 1845) on a vote of 60 to 37:
Fort Worth, TX – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), along with members of the Texas Congressional Delegation, will be participating in a field hearing regarding the Health Insurance Marketplace navigator program.
WHO: Congressman Marc Veasey & Members of the Texas Delegation
WHAT: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Field Hearing, "ObamaCare Implementation: Who are the Navigators?"
Washington, D.C.—With only a few days left before Congress adjourns until January 2014, Congressman Marc Veasey TX-33, joined members of the House of Representatives calling on Speaker Boehner to take immediate action and extend unemployment benefits.
Fort Worth, TX – The following scheduled event has been postponed due to winter weather:
WHO: Congressman Marc Veasey, the Texas Workforce Commission
WHAT: 33rd Congressional District Job Fair
WHEN: Monday, December 9, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Tarrant County Resource Connection Conference Center, 2300 Circle Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76119
The event is to be rescheduled at later date.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement on the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela: