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Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the co-chairs of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Caucus announced strong, bipartisan support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The co-chairs led an appropriations and authorization request urging continued support for the F-35 program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The letter emphasized the critical need to maintain course towards full rate production and an increased investment to address sustainment in order to improve readiness and repair capacity as the program continues to grow.
DALLAS, TEXAS – Today, Rep. Veasey held a virtual press conference ahead of President Joe Biden's first Presidential Address to a joint session of Congress this evening, marking 100 days into the President's term. Rep. Veasey was joined at the press conference by Mr. Kenneth Day from Dallas. Mr. Day currently serves as the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338 in Dallas. Before holding various leadership roles at the ATU, Mr. Day spent nearly 25 years as a bus driver working across the Metroplex.
Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement after Former Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on all three counts in George Floyd's death:
Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement reacting to the Biden Administration rescinding a ten-year Medicaid 1115 waiver extension that the Trump Administration had rushed through earlier in January:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33) Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Bobby Scott (VA-03), co-founders and co-chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus (CVRC), sent a letter urging the Department of Justice to safeguard the right to vote for all Americans amid rampant Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression efforts.
Earlier this week, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) asking for more information about the rollout of federally operated mobile COVID-19 vaccination units and urged the expansion of mobile vaccination units in North Texas. The state of Texas currently ranks 45th nationally in terms of the overall percentage of its population fully vaccinated and continues to show up in the lower half of some national rankings that have measured states' progress toward reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Marc Veasey (TX-33), Angie Craig (MN-02) Gwen Moore, (WI-04), and Joe Morelle (NY-25) introduced legislation that would use savings from Medicare prescription drug negotiations to lower Medicare Part D costs for low-income seniors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33) Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Bobby Scott (VA-03), co-founders and co-chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus (CVRC), released the following statement condemning the recent spate of voter suppression laws designed to undermine communities of color of their right to the ballot box:
WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Texas Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined their colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee to hold a hearing to investigate the Texas power grid failures during last month's winter storm that left millions of Texans without power or heat for days. Today's hearing specifically examined the causes of the recent widespread power outages in Texas and how to fortify the electrical grid against extreme weather events and climate change.
Rep. Veasey (TX-33), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, released the following statement today as the Texas Legislature prepares to hold public hearings on Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6—voter suppression legislation designed to undermine communities of color of their right to the ballot box: