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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) joined his colleagues to pass the America's Conservation Enhancement Act—legislation that authorizes more than $1 billion for federal wildlife and habitat conservation through fiscal 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) joined his colleagues to pass an updated version of the Heroes Act—legislation that addresses the critical needs that have developed since the House passed an earlier iteration of the bill that protects the lives and livelihoods of the American people amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined his colleagues to pass the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act – a package of bipartisan bills to put our nation on the path to achieve a clean energy future that lifts up and protects all communities in our country. Today's legislative package includes several pieces of legislation Rep.

ASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Marc Veasey (TX-33), Shelia Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Barbara Lee (CA-13) along with local Fort Worth civil rights activist, Opal Lee, held a press conference urging Congress to pass the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (H.R. 7232)—legislation that was introduced earlier this year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the United State House of Representatives passed the Veasey-led "MEDIA Diversity Act"—bipartisan legislation that would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to consider market entry barriers for women and minorities in the communications marketplace report under section 13 of such Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coming on the heels of last month's vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, Congressman Veasey (TX-33) introduced the Diversity in Leadership Act—legislation establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to increase the number of women, LGBT individuals, and underrepresented minorities in military and civilian leadership positions of the Department of Defense.

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Marc Veasey (D-TX), joined by Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jennifer González-Colón (R-PR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), and Van Taylor (R-TX), led a 51-member letter calling for Congress to extend the aviation tax holiday, put in place by the CARES Act, to protect consumers and airline workers as the industry struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Veasey (TX-33), after almost a year of coordination with expert stakeholders and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), today introduced a concurrent resolution calling for the creation of a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The resolution includes recommendations from four white papers the congressmen created with BPC on Workforce, National Security, Research and Development (R&D) and Ethics.