Marc Veasey Quotes
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You would hear stories of people that lost their houses. I remember people who had their whole lives turned upside down. I think people did learn lessons from the '80s.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When I go to Lockheed or General Motors... all those union members are gun owners. They believe in responsible gun ownership and responsible gun safety, but all those guys are gun owners, and that's not necessarily an issue in New Jersey.
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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.
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Starting in 2005, my first session in the legislature, my colleagues elected me to be Democratic whip.
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I work hard to reach out to a lot of different people.
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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.
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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.
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I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.
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There's no question about the fact that for Democrats, Texas is a tough place.
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One of the issues that differentiates union members in Texas and the Northeast is guns. That's a big issue.
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Let us not return to the old battlefield where so many shed blood and tears for the right to vote. Instead let us move forward to an era where all eligible Americans have equal access to the ballot box and have the freedom to vote for the candidate of their choosing.
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I know other people who have started their kids in tackle football for, like, four- and five-year-olds. So I think it's up to each individual's parents, but for me personally, no I wouldn't. But would I be OK with him playing in seventh or eighth grade? Yes.
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I would love to see public option. If we had public option, then people would have that ability to supplement that public option with an additional health plan.
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You gain a lot of insight from employees by listening to them.
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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.
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While I never served in uniform, I fully understand the great service and sacrifice that our brave men and women have given to our country.
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I have anxiety every day about being pulled over.
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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.
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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.
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No one law or set of laws will end horrific acts of violence, but Congress has an obligation to take action and make sure that terrorists and bad guys don't have easy access to guns in our country.