Representative Marc Veasey
2348 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-9897
Committees:
ARMED SERVICES (Subs: none?);
ENERGY & COMMERCE (Subs: Communications & Technology; Energy, Climate & Grid Security);
Global Action Record:
2013/04/12 - signed Lee letter to Appropriations requesting support for GFATM and global AIDS programs
2013/04/12 - HR 60 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai - cosponsor
2013/06/04 - signed McCollum, Reichert, McGovern, Schock letter to administration requesting pledge for Nutrition for Growth
2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay
2014/03/27 - signed Engel, Young, Green $243M Domestic TB letter
2014/04/01 - signed McCollum, Reichert, Capps, Schock Maternal & Child Health “robust” funding letter
2014/09/18 - HRes 688 - Supporting vaccines through GAVI Alliance - cosponsor
2015/03/18 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Schock Maternal & Child Health appropriations letter
2015/03/19- signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral TB appropriations letter
2015/03/19 - signed Lee AIDS appropriations letter
2015/03/24 - signed Reichert/McDermott Education appropriations letter
2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Nay /
2015/07/31- signed Reichert/Lee/McCollum/McCaul letter to Pres. Obama urging maternal & child health funding in FY17 budget
2016/01/25 - HR 3706 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Ross/Lee Maternal & Child Health appropriations letter
2016/03/16 - signed Lee Global Fund and PEPFAR appropriations letter
2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/ McDermott Basic Education / GPE appropriations letter
2016/03/17 - signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
2017/03/27 - signed Reichert/Lee/McCaul/Ross/Bera Maternal & Child Health robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral TB $450million funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen Global Fund & PEPFAR robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2018/03/16 – signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral Tuberculosis Appropriations letter
2018/03/16 – signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Lee/Ross/Bera/Donovan Maternal & Child Health, Gavi and Nutrition Appropriations letter
2018/03/16 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen GFATM/PEPFAR Appropriations letter
2018/03/16 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education & GPE Appropriations letter
2018/06/21 - HR 4022 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
2018/08/02 – signed Engel, Young, Green urging admin for bold U.S. leadership at UN-HLM on TB
2019/01/17 - signed Lee/Smith GFATM letter to Secretary Pompeo
2019/03/17 – signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick Basic Education / GPE Approps letter
2019/03/22 – signed McCollum/Brooks/Lee/ Fitzpatrick M&CH, Gavi, Nutrition letter
2019/03/25 – signed Lee/Wagner GFATM / PEPFAR Approps letter
201910/08 - cosponsor HRes 517 - Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment
2020/03/09 - Signed House Education. GPE Quigley, Fitzpatrick Approps letter with robust funding
2020/03/09 - Signed House PEPFAR, Global Fund Lee, Wagner Approps letter with robust funding
2020/03/10 - Signed House MCH, Gav, Nutrition McCollum, Brooks, Lee, Fitzptrick Approps letter with $900m, $290m, $200m
2020/06/30 - signed Frankel/Rooney global response to COVID-19 letter
2021/04/21 - signed Quigley, Fitzpatrick robust Basic Education Approps letter
2021/04/22 - signed McGovern, Fitzpatrick $300 million Nutrition Approps letter
2021/04/23 - signed Bera, Young $1b global / $225m CDC Tuberculosis Approps letter
2021/07/13 - signed Kilmer/Fitzpatrick letter to administration urging $1 billion / 5 year GPE pledge
2021/12/15 - signed Vaccine Caucus COVID letter to Appropriations
2022/02/18 - signed Lee/McCaul letter to administration in support of robust pledge to Global Fund
2022/02/15 - cosponsored H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021
2022/04/18 - signed Jacobs, Fitzpatrick, McGovern, Kim $300m for Global Nutrition & Maternal & Child Health Approps letter
2022/04/22 - signed Houlahan, Bera, González-Colón, Meijer significantly increase funding for PEPFAR & Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Approps letter
2022/04/22- signed Bera, Wagner $1b for global TB and $225m million for TB in CDC Approps letter
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
2023/03/21 - signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick strong funding Global Education letter
2023/03/22 - signed Houlahan/Bera/González-Colón/ Salazar significant increase in funding to PEPFAR and strong support for Global Fund letter
2023/03/22 - signed Bera/Wagner $1b Tuberculosis Letter
2023/03/22 - signed Fitzpatrick/Jacobs/Salazar/Jim McGovern $1.15b Maternal & Child Health, $340m Gavi, and $300m Nutrition Letter
2023/06/06 - cosponsor H.R.1776 End Tuberculosis Now Act
2023/06/30 - cosponsor HR 681 READ Act Reauthorization Act
2023/07/12 - signed Bera/Salazar/McCaul/Meeks letter to Administration urging leadership at UNHLM on TB
U.S. Action Record:
2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Nay
2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b)- Nay
2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay
2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Nay
2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Nay
2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Nay, Nay
2019/03/29 - signed Nadler U.S. Housing Choice Vouchers Approps letter
2020/06/26 – HR 2 INVEST in America (housing infrastructure) – cosponsor
2020/06/29 - HR 7301 - Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act – Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea
2021/07/13 - signed Senator Merkley, Rep Torres letter to leadership in support of affordable housing infrastructure
2021/10/15 - signed Torres letter to leadership preserve housing funding in recovery bill
2023/06/07 - initial cosponsor HR 3899 American Family Act (CTC)
2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Yea