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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) announced $33.8 million in additional grant funding from the American Rescue Plan to support the Fort Worth Trinity Metro recovery in the 33rd District of Texas from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fort Worth Trinity Metro is an essential transportation system that has maintained service throughout the pandemic across bus, paratransit, and commuter rail modes.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Marc Veasey (TX-33) and 12 other members of the Texas Congressional Delegation asked the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke to consider and deploy additional measures vested at the Department's Civil Rights Division to expedite its lawsuit against the State of Texas over restrictive voting tactics enforced by Texas Senate Bill 1.
FORT WORTH, TX– Congressman Marc Veasey released the following statement after President Biden's first State of the Union Address:
"Tonight, President Biden laid out his vision to build on our progress and deliver results for Americans. Under the Biden-Harris Administration's leadership, we have made great strides to end the pandemic, lower costs for families, bolster our economy, and restore our place on the world stage.
Washington, DC - Rep. Marc Veasey, member of the House Armed Services Committee and Helsinki Commission, issued the following statement in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that occurred this week:
"The events that have unfolded in the past couple of days have been deeply troubling, and let me be clear, they are the work of one man: Vladimir Putin. His intentions are entirely at odds with the Ukrainian people and the rest of the free world.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Marc Veasey (TX-33), Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36), and 26 other members of Congress asked Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a letter to consider making broadband consumer labels available in Spanish and Asian and Pacific Island (AAPI) languages such as Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Bengali, and other languages deemed necessary.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Marc Veasey (D-TX) of the Committee on Armed Services, Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Turner (R-OH), and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced the Supplying Ukraine with Provisions to Protect against Ongoing Russian Threats (SUPPORT) Act which would require plans for the United States to support a Ukrainian insurgency through both lethal and non-lethal assistance, as well as intelligence sharing, in order to impose
WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Veasey voted to improve mail delivery across North Texas and strengthen the U.S. Postal Service with the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) joined his colleagues to pass the America COMPETES Act, a bold and transformative legislative package to supercharge American production of semiconductor chips, strengthen U.S. supply chains and American manufacturing, advance U.S. scientific excellence and research and position American interest and values to win on the world stage. This package will ensure that America can outcompete any nation in the world, now and for decades to come.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) and 33 Members of Congress sent a letter to the Nobel Prize Nomination Committee to nominate Mrs. Opal Lee of Fort Worth for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Lee is a native Texan who has worked for over 40 years to commemorate Juneteenth as a national holiday and has fought to ensure equality for all Americans.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) today announced that as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will invest $14 billion of funding in fiscal year 2022 for over 500 projects across 52 states and territories, including $403 million dollars for the Trinity River Vision/Central City flood control project.