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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, remembered Mrs. Hadley as someone the community cheered on in her successes.
"The fact that even after she made it very high up in TCC, she still stayed in" the same neighborhood, he said. "The community was very proud of her."
In conjunction with the Make It In America plan, Rep. Veasey hosted a "Marc Means Business" event at the headquarters of Alcon, a leader in the eye care industry. Rep. Veasey learned more about the tools that U.S. based manufacturers use to produce quality goods, as well as the global distribution process.
Positive Train Control implementation deadline for major railways in Texas, including the Trinity Railway Express, is December 31, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the House voted 277 to 151 to pass the Continuing Resolution to keep the government open until December 2015:
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 3495, a bill that would severely limit low-income patients' ability to choose their healthcare provider:
"I will carry Pope Francis' words with me as we move forward to address the problems that lay before us as a country," said Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat who invited a DREAMer – a person brought illegally to the U.S. as a child – to the speech.
He ticked off his concerns: "Reforming our broken immigration system, eradicating poverty and ensuring that all have a voice in our nation's democracy."
"I WILL CARRY POPE FRANCIS' WORDS WITH ME AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT LAY BEFORE US...REFORMING OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, ERADICATING POVERTY AND ENSURING THAT ALL HAVE A VOICE IN OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY." Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas
Francis' remarks on immigration became a defining message for many.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat from El Paso, along the southern border, said his favorite line of the speech was, "We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners."
Leahy wasn't the only Democrat to praise the pope's message on immigration. "It's a big issue to him," said Rep. Marc Veasey, who had urged the pope to talk about the issue. "Poverty, too, which plays into immigration. One of the things that I've been talking about is one of the key components to addressing immigration has to be how well our neighbors are doing to the south. We need a strong Central America, we need a strong Mexico, in order to really help with the issue of immigration and also making opportunities more readily available in those countries. … He got to it."
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, invited immigration activist Lissette Moreno, who hopes "the Pope's message can help unite our country's leaders," she said in a statement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress:
"Today, I had the privilege of witnessing history. Pope Francis' address to Congress challenged elected leaders to address the moral challenges of our generation with an open heart and a spirit of compassion and cooperation.