Marc Veasey: “I want to thank my friend from Houston (Mrs. Fletcher) for putting this together because this is hugely important as we…”

“I want to thank my friend from Houston (Mrs. Fletcher) for putting this together because this is hugely important as we wind down Women's History Month. I think about my first term here in Congress, and previous to serving in Congress I was in the State legislature. The Republicans in the Texas State legislature were always trying to tear down women's reproductive rights. It seemed like there was just an endless supply of bills that they had aimed at stripping away freedom from women across our State. I was giving a speech out on the triangle and momentarily thought that I was back in Austin and accidentally referred to myself as State Representative Marc Veasey, just because when you think about D.C. and the various States that are here, you think about people being able to celebrate those sorts of freedoms. We are fighting that battle not just in Austin but in D.C. and other States around the country. But today we are here to focus on Texas. Again, I just want to thank Lizzie Fletcher and the other women that are a part of the Texas delegation. Madam Speaker, I also want to thank the female State representatives in the State of Texas that really have just fought fearlessly on this issue for so long now. This past regular legislative session so many of the women in the north Texas delegation, where I am from, were very poignant in making so many points about how S.B.…”