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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the three-judge Federal District Court in San Antonio issued a 2-1 ruling that the 2011 congressional district maps enacted by the Texas Republican state legislature discriminates against minority Texas voters:
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after House Republicans revealed their Affordable Care Act replacement plan, the American Healthcare Act:
"After years of claiming to be on the cusp of unveiling a better healthcare plan than the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans big healthcare reveal proves to be all smoke and mirrors.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, issued the following statement after President Trump issued a revised version of his travel ban:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the Department of Justice reported then-Senator Sessions had contact with Russian ambassadors during the 2016 campaign season:
Nehemiah Davis, longtime pastor of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, a civic and national activist and leader of several local and national organizations, died Wednesday. He was 91.
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On Feb. 25, 2014, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, read into the Congressional Record a speech honoring Mr. Davis on his 50th anniversary as Mount Pisgah's pastor.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday recused himself from U.S. probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election, following backlash spurred by revelations surrounding his meetings with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States.
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Lawmakers calling for Sessions' resignation:
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)
DALLAS – President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night appears to have won over many uncertain Republicans in this state while Democrats said...
DALLAS – President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night appears to have won over many uncertain Republicans in this state while Democrats said...
WASHINGTON – "Bold." "Vague." "Visionary." "A dark, dystopian nightmare." That's how members of Texas' congressional delegation described President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress as they left the Capitol Tuesday night.
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Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth was the congressman who called the speech a "dystopian nightmare," noting that Trump offered few firm details about what a replacement to the Affordable Care Act will look like.
WASHINGTON — In possibly his most conventional political speech ever, President Donald Trump relayed a message of "unity and strength" as he laid out his vision for the country in speech before a joint session of Congress.
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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, took issue with comments Trump made about leveraging allies to pony up for common defense spending.