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Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas— Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement commemorating Memorial Day:
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, released the following statement after voting against the partisan H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act:
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 2353, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, which would provide a short-term extension for our federal highway and transit funding programs:
"Today I voted in favor of passing the H.R. 2353, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 in order to provide a short-term funding extension before funding expires on May 31.
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, member of the House Armed Services Committee released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016:
Below is a list of the 41 Democrats who voted for the fiscal 2016 defense authorization:
40. Marc Veasey (Texas)
In order to send the message that what is happening right now at the ICC cannot be tolerated, Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Marc Veasey (D-Texas) have introduced House Resolution 209, which makes it clear that what the Palestinian Authority is doing is both a corruption of international law and a national security threat to America and its democratic ally, Israel.
Another provision of the NDAA authored by Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) would have directed the Secretary of Defense to review how allowing DACA recipients to serve in the military would impact the pool of potential recruits and military readiness. The Secretary of Defense would then brief members of the House Armed Services Committee on the evaluation's results.
That provision remains in the bill, as the House Rules Committee did not allow a vote on an amendment to eliminate the Veasey language.
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), along with fellow Democrat Reps. Pete Gallego (TX), Marc Veasey (TX) and Bill Foster (IL) urged House Republicans to continue the DREAMer amendments in the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Washington, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after voting against the partisan H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:
Washington, D.C. – This week, as the National Defense Authorization Act goes to the House floor for consideration, U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, and U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego, AZ-7, will host a press conference to discuss their DREAMer amendments that both passed out of the House Armed Services Committee by a bipartisan vote.