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Colin Zachary Allred is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 32nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Allred has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic opportunity for his constituents. He has been active in advocating for policies that support working families and promote community development.
I want to speak to the people of north Texas, many of whom are under Stay Home, Stay Safe orders from smart leaders like Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. I know many of you are frightened. I have heard from…
H. Res. 752, introduced by my esteemed colleague and friend, Ted Deutch, supports the rights of the Iranian people to free expression.
The Global Child Thrive Act, introduced by my fellow Texan, Congressman Castro, takes an important step forward in coordinating U.S. interagency efforts.
If there is no consequence for that evasion, then the regulation doesn't matter.
I strongly believe that Boeing's open defiance of FAA requirements in knowingly delivering airplanes without it is both a legal and an ethical issue.
It is the concealment, it is the purposeful concealment that bothers so many of us, with an obvious financial drive behind it.
How will you compensate the airlines and their employees who have lost so much due to your negligence?
They have canceled 9,500 flights in the last quarter alone--that is American, alone.
Industry capture of safety regulation in any area is not only dangerous to the public, it is bad business.
I do believe that Boeing is a great American company, and that is part of why I am so frustrated that we are here today.
This is about catastrophic design flaw, and regulatory failure that has caused us to lose hundreds of lives.
I don't want it to also take away from our initial mission at the VHA, providing and improving the care we are providing there.
I hope you understand that this Committee wants to work with you on it. We want this to be a success.
I think that we are going to have to continue to change and grow our VHA services to deal with our new community of veterans and especially here in Texas with us having the most women veterans, it is a big issue for us.
Texas is proud to be home to the most women veterans of any state, and yet wait times for women's health care services can be longer than wait times for other services.
I led a bipartisan letter with my colleagues in North Texas to ask the VA to work with us in facilitating the acquisition of a donated hospital in Garland to help us meet the growing demand.
I have the honor of representing the Great State of Texas. We are home to the most women veterans of any state, and I am very proud of our 181,000 women veterans who have served us.
As my colleagues have noted we are of course experiencing a crisis of military sexual assault with claims likely to increase on VBA and VHA going forward.
I want to first express my deepest condolences to the families of those lost in these two crashes.
Going forward, we would like to see our subject matter experts, our 737 pilots in our safety and training program at the Allied Pilots Association invited to future certification proceedings on all future designs.
I think it is critical that we not ignore Africa and that we counter Chinese and Russian influence in Africa.
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