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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), a member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, cosponsored the bipartisan Veteran’s Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act (H.R. 4880). Prostate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosed in the Veterans Health Administration with over 489,000 veterans undergoing treatment.
Washington, D.C. – On July 29, Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) joined President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House as he signed into law bipartisan legislation led by Allred to authorize several Veterans Affairs construction projects funded in fiscal year 2021, including a Spinal Cord Injury Center in Dallas.
DALLAS – With the federal eviction moratorium expired and the state level moratorium ending on October 1, Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) and Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) today ask the State of Texas and North Texas governments to incr
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined Congressman Van Taylor (R-TX-03) in leading the bipartisan passage of an amendment to reduce traffic on U.S. 75.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), a former voting rights attorney and co-president of the 2018 freshman class, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), former Freshman Co-Representative to Leadership, and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) led a letter to Congress
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Major Medical Facility Authorization Act, led by Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), passed the House with bipartisan support. This bill authorizes several Veterans Affairs construction projects funded in fiscal year 2021, including a spinal cord injury center in Dallas.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32) joined Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX-26), Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), and Congressman Neal Dunn (R-FL-02) to re-introduce the Veterans Health Care Stamp Act of 2021.
Richardson, TX – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today released a report detailing his work for the people of the 32nd District of Texas during the first half of 2021.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32), joined with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA-52) and Congressman Tracey Mann (R-KS-01) to introduce the Veteran Peer Specialist Act.
DALLAS – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today released a short survey seeking to learn how the improved and expanded Child Tax Credit will make a difference for North Texas families. Allred released his survey days after parents began receiving initial payments of this benefit, which he supported in the American Rescue Plan.
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President Joe Biden last week signed a bill focused on funding Veterans Affairs construction projects throughout the nation and that includes a new facility in North Texas.
Initial payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit land Thursday in North Texans’ bank accounts, a provision that Congressman Colin Allred (District 32) supported in the American Rescue Plan.
Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) knows these issues better than probably any member of Congress, having played collegiately at Baylor, then as a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans.
The legislation would fund large-scale surface transportation projects, focusing on federal highways, highway safety programs and transit improvements. Reps. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, and Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, got funding for their districts.
Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) introduced the Open RAN Outreach Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen the diversity of U.S. wireless networks and protect the supply chain from reliance on untrusted technology companies.
Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss ways to challenge Texas GOP voting restriction legislation as the TX Republican governor calls for a special session.
In 2019, neighbor Colin Allred was the first member of Congress to announce he was taking paternity leave after the birth of his son Jordan. He took two weeks off work, and after the birth of his second son, Cameron, he did it again.
This time, though, he came home for an entire month.
A bipartisan bill authorizing several Veterans Affairs construction projects funded in fiscal year 2021, including a spinal cord injury center in Dallas, Texas, has been introduced in Congress.
U.S. Labor Secretary Martin Walsh and Rep. Colin Allred met with business leaders and community organizers in Dallas on Thursday to tout the Biden administration’s plans to shore up the nation’s infrastructure and expand family leave benefits.
The U.S. Labor secretary came to Dallas Thursday, where he talked with business leaders about the Biden Administration's plans for investing in the country's workforce.
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh made several stops in North Texas.