Quotes from Marc Veasey

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, I have been a staunch supporter of the production of the F-35 since day one and understand the importance of its production for my fellow Texans and our nation's security.

When the F-16 first was rolled out, there were many problems in the development. There were cost issues, and it ended up being one of the best planes the military has ever seen and kept this country protected and kept many jobs in the North Texas area.

There's no question about the fact that for Democrats, Texas is a tough place.

I helped write the expunction code in the State of Texas to give people the opportunity to have their names cleared when they have been mistakenly arrested.

People really like the fact that I've worked at their job. It gives them a good feeling that I've experienced, even for a few hours, what they do on the job.

During my time in the Texas State Legislature, I witnessed firsthand the lack of evidence behind the rampant claims of voter fraud and the obstacles voters would face if the 2011 photo Voter ID were put in place.

I work hard to reach out to a lot of different people.

I really want to do something to make our lives healthier.

When I was a campaign worker, you would meet people who would want to vote but didn't have any money for postage. It happens more often than people think.

There are some policemen who overuse force, especially when there's an African-American involved, regardless of age.

Our friends, neighbors, and their families have been forced to live in the shadows out of fear of being torn from their families and deported from what is, for many of them, the only country they have ever known.

I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.

We must provide an improved early education system so that all students have the opportunity to learn and reach their full potential.

When you have a system that increases border security funding by about 300 percent, and it only increases funding for immigration courts by 70 percent, you have a disaster.

I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a bipartisan effort to get those things done, and so what I would tell my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, is let's come together, and let's be for fairness.

You gain a lot of insight from employees by listening to them.

My mother graduated from high school in 1969, and on January 3, 1971, she gave birth to me. She was married later that year, but by the time I was 10, she was a divorced single mother of two young boys. To make ends meet, we moved in with my grandparents, who were also housing two of my mother's siblings and their kids.

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality education for our youngest Americans so they can learn, grow, and become prosperous citizens.

Trinity River Vision is huge for Fort Worth.

Children do best when their parents live together in stable relationships, when two incomes can be a catalyst for opportunity.

My family and I moved at least six times before I graduated high school. I was fortunate to have a large family network that combined their resources to help me accomplish my goals - but not everyone may be as lucky.

When you go out and meet new people, you can come up with new ideas and be enlightened and help the country become a better place.

No country has been more invigorated by immigrant culture, more rewarded by immigrant labor and immigrant ideas than America.

One of the issues that differentiates union members in Texas and the Northeast is guns. That's a big issue.