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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today voted for H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which were gutted by the Supreme Court in the Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. DNC rulings.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today introduced the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act in the House.
DALLAS – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, hosted U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg today in Dallas. He was joined in welcoming the Secretary to the region by Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) and Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33).
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today applauded Senate passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan. It passed with strong bipartisan support of 69-30. The bill now heads to the House for final consideration.
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
Michael from Richardson began the process to apply for his Social Security retirement benefits in 2019 but decided to wait. When he reapplied to collect his benefits in November of 2020, Michael experienced issues trying to settle his first application and return a refund to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Richardson resident Howard filed his tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before the deadline in 2020, and had to file an amended tax return last July. Howard’s first return reported that he owed $2,000, but his amended tax return would have refunded him an amount of $5000.
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Texas Rep. Colin Allred talks about the American Families Plan and the importance of paid family leave.
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.