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WASHINGTON - More than 6 million people have enrolled in the federal and state health exchanges, President Obama announced Thursday.
This means the administration has met its latest goal, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office, to ensure the insurance system is sustainable.
Obama made the announcement on a conference call with health care navigators and volunteers while he was traveling in Italy. He thanked them for their help.
House Democrats came together Wednesday to reignite the debate on immigration reform, introducing a discharge petition against the House Republican leadership, attempting to force Republicans to finally issue a vote on immigration.
Dallas, TX— U.S. Congressman Rep. Veasey, TX-33, will join U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sam Johnson and Pete Session at a rally celebrating general aviation’s contributions to the economy at Bombardier’s Dallas Service Center at Dallas Love Field in Texas, on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. CST.
Washington D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after joining fellow House Democrats in announcing and signing a discharge petition to demand Speaker Boehner to bring H.R. 15, the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, to the House floor for a vote.
Washington D.C. - On Tuesday, March 18, art pieces decorated the halls of Mountain View College as Congressman Veasey hosted the second Congressional Art Competition Reception in the 33rd Congressional District. The 2014 Congressional Art Competition drew over 61 entries from high school students across the Metroplex.
U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius returned to North Texas Thursday to again urge residents to sign up for Obamacare before the March 31 deadline.
FORT WORTH — At a time when nearly one-quarter of all Texans lack health insurance, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came to town Thursday to encourage residents to sign up before the March 31 deadline.
"Everything is bigger in Texas," she said during a news conference at Tarrant County College South Campus. "Unfortunately, the number of uninsured is bigger in Texas.
"Twenty-three percent of Texans have no health insurance at all."
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX – As a final push to get uninsured Texans enrolled into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before the March 31st deadline, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) will tour the Dallas-Fort Worth region’s ACA enrollment events on Saturday, March 22.
DALLAS, TX – This week, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, kicked off the first in a series of “roll up your sleeves” local business visits across Texas’ 33rd congressional district, by touring and spending some time working as a baking assistant at Del Norte Bakery, a woman-owned and operated Hispanic bakery in Dallas.
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Dallas-Fort Worth- On Thursday, March 20, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius, Texas State Representative Nicole Collier, Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks, and Tarrant County College Chancellor Erma C. Johnson Hadley, will hold a Press Conference to highlight local efforts where Texans can get enrolled into affordable healthcare before the March 31st deadline.