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Arlington, TX – Last Tuesday, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, joined Governor Rick Perry, Mayor Robert Cluck, and Congressman Joe Barton, in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant. Manufacturing plants, like General Motors, have been instrumental in boosting the economy in the 33rd Congressional District and at a national level.
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, is committed to empowering all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition. For the second year in a row, Congressman Veasey is introducing a resolution to commemorate the month of May as "Health and Fitness Month." The resolution seeks to ensure that the nation takes a pledge to make healthy lifestyle choices, which leads to prosperous lives.
Critics of tough voter ID laws are running out of time and options in their efforts to knock down those barriers ahead of this year's midterm elections.
Opponents got good news last week, when a state judge struck down Arkansas's law, and another jolt Tuesday, when a federal judge ruled Wisconsin's law, which wasn't yet in effect, was unconstitutional.
This week on Inside Texas Politics:
The two Republicans who want Wendy Davis' old state senate seat take our questions in studio.
Why is Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey working for UPS while the House is in recess? He's with us as well.
Plus: The Republican runoff for lieutenant governor is heating up with dueling ads, and now tax returns have become an issue. We'll ask which message is winning.
And we'll dig into the latest from the gubernatorial race.
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy about state Sen.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, believes the United States can counter Russia's insurgency in the Ukraine without deep military involvement.
In an interview with KERA, Veasey, a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, outlined three steps the United States is taking to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Economic Sanctions
Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled this week that the state of Texas must turn over legislators' emails related to the much-disputed 2011 voter ID law they passed:
In celebration of financial literacy week, Rep. Marc Veasey teamed up with Citibank for Teach Children to Save Day at Schulze Elementary School in Irving.
The Citibank program aims to instill basic financial understanding and responsibilities in children.
Citi's Division Director for Texas Eleanor Millwood joined Rep. Veasey in teaching a lesson for seven 2nd grade classes about the basics of saving.