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February 1, 2017

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after President Trump announced Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee to serve as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:


February 1, 2017

The positive reaction from Texas Republicans to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old member of a Denver-based appeals court, was swift and strong.


January 29, 2017

NBC 5 has been reaching out to your lawmakers regarding President Donald Trump's Executive Action on refugees. We have asked for comments from the North Texas Delegation in...


January 29, 2017

Thirteen people detained at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport under an executive order signed Friday by President Donald Trump had all been released by Sunday evening. It appears that a...

Issues:Immigration

January 29, 2017

WASHINGTON – Since Saturday evening, chants of "let them go," "free their grandma" and "refugees are welcome here" have loudly echoed down the hallways of Terminal D at DFW International Airport and other major airports around the country.

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"President Trump's latest executive action is already causing mass confusion for international airports nationwide," Fort Worth Rep. Marc Veasey added in a statement, noting that a ban on refugees was "wholly un-American."

Issues:Immigration

January 29, 2017

WASHINGTON — A lone Republican, U.S. Rep. Will Hurd of Helotes, joined a handful of the Texas delegation's Democrats in challenging President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth announced on Twitter he was at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, one of the country's largest airports, assisting the detained.

Issues:Immigration

January 29, 2017

Republican members of Congress from Texas' Tarrant County did not break with Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from seven majority Muslim countries on Sunday, either...

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In contrast, North Texas Democratic Reps. Marc Veasey and Eddie Bernice Johnson oppose Trump's order. Veasey traveled to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport on Saturday night to join the protests.


January 28, 2017

Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement in response to President Trump's executive action to suspend refugee entry from seven Muslim-majority countries for 120 days and the resulting detention of immigrants at DFW Airport:


January 28, 2017

WASHINGTON — A lone Republican, U.S. Rep. Will Hurd of Helotes, joined a handful of the Texas delegation's Democrats in challenging President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth announced on Twitter he was at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, one of the country's largest airports, assisting the detained.


January 27, 2017

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered a cost-cutting review of the F-35 strike fighter jet: