Marc Veasey

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Sadly, voter suppression is not a thing of the past.”

“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.”

“Everyone is concerned about manufacturing in this country.”

“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.”

“Starting in 2005, my first session in the legislature, my colleagues elected me to be Democratic whip.”

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

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

“I work in the commercial real estate sector.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“It is clear that the photo ID requirement is not a solution to a problem but is instead a political ploy to prevent traditionally disenfranchised populations from voting for the candidates of their choice.”

“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.”