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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Marc Veasey

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Better

" 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. "

Marc Veasey

High School

Time

" As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty. "

" 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. "

" I encourage all young people who are interested in government to try and apply to work for a congressman or some other elected official because you get very good experience. "

" I know from firsthand experience that claims of non-existent voter fraud are used to raise fears, steamroll facts, and overcome common sense, resulting in laws that have nothing to do with ballot security and everything to do with voter suppression and discrimination. "

" Imagine how many people would not vote if they knew they were being recorded while they voted. "

" When I was in the state legislature, we asked for different examples of voter fraud, and the Republicans could never produce any sort of in-person voter fraud examples. "

" Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy. "

" Voting rights matter. They are a major part of who we are as Americans. "

" I work in the commercial real estate sector. "

" Trinity River Vision is huge for Fort Worth. "

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

" I want to work on changing the way this country views exercise and nutrition. "

" 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. "

" Everyone is concerned about manufacturing in this country. "

" The Supreme Court 2013 ruling that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act set in motion what many feared: the subjection of minorities, seniors, and low-income Americans to unfair, punitive barriers preventing them from exercising their most basic right as American citizens. "

" 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. "

" The American Dream has always focused on building a better life for yourself and your family, striving for success, and even fleeing from religious prosecution. "

" I have anxiety every day about being pulled over. "

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

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

Marc Veasey

Immigrant

Ideas

" We have to continue to raise awareness as the Voting Rights Caucus... make sure people call into their state legislators. Let us know that they've decided they weren't going to vote because they heard it was a hassle. "

" It's amazing how small business owners figure out how to stretch a dollar as far as they possibly can. "