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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today commended the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) for earning a $3.3 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The grant will be used to support UTD’s ongoing research to develop technology around offshore wind turbine systems.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) voted today for The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, a bipartisan interim coronavirus aid package. The bill will provide funding to relief programs at the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) released the following statement today after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new rule requiring COVID-19 reporting requirements to family members and reside
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today joined a bipartisan effort to urge the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today announced that an agreement has been reached for Baylor, Scott & White to donate an existing, vacant hospital to the North Texas VA Health System, clearing the way to open a VA health care facility in Garland.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) released the following statement in support of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today released a small business resource guide to help small businesses throughout the 32nd District as the North Texas region fights the spread of COVID-19.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) led a bipartisan effort with 19 of his House colleagues to urge the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide assistance and expertise to address challenges on the frontlines of the outbreak.
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30), Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today released the following joint statement in support of Dallas County’s Stay Home Stay Safe measures:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) voted for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a bipartisan relief package for workers and communities.
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Freshman Reps. Colin Allred and Anthony Gonzalez are using their shared background as NFL players to demonstrate bipartisanship in a deeply divided Congress.
Freshman U.S. representatives Colin Allred, D-Texas, and Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, may be members of opposites parties but they both have a lot in common.
They both are new to Congress, new dads and are former NFL players.
The congressmen are working together on a bipartisan effort to change the conversation in Washington D.C.
A new clinic in Garland could lower the average wait time at veterans’ health facilities in the area and would provide a new, more accessible location for veterans who live on the northern side of the Metroplex, said Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican who helped write the letter with Rep. Colin Allred, a Dallas-area Democrat.
They played on rival teams in the National Football League. They’re members of rival political parties in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Congressman Colin Allred, who represents parts of Garland, and both Republican and Democratic congressional colleagues from North Texas recently sent a letter to the VA secretary. It said the recently-closed Baylor Hospital in Garland can be donated and retrofitted as a VA clinic.
But VA leadership did not provide specific solutions for what’s happening in New Mexico or other areas like North Texas, where Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, said 40-80 veterans are waiting for beds at VA hospitals every day.
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred toured the facility on Friday, July 5, and in Washington, D.C., formally commended the city for its utilization in federal grants and its investment in Carver Senior Center.
U.S. Congressman Colin Allred has never forgotten the people who influenced and guided him, and laid out the opportunities to chase his dreams.
Dallas officers along with Mayor Eric Johnson and Rep. Colin Allred were in attendance during the ceremony.
Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas
The freshman Dallas Democrat unseated 11-term Republican Pete Sessions in a high-spending election last year. Allred, whose seat is being targeted by the Republican Party, is optimistic about the USMCA, seeing it as a benefit for his constituents.