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Rep. Colin Allred, D-TX, said the Republican's willingness to focus on investigations would lead to a lack of progress coming out of Congress.
During a joint interview Friday, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, Democrat of the 32nd District of Texas and U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey, Republican of the 6th District of Texas and a former pilot for Southwest, told CBS-11 that the airline's CEO Bob Jordan and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson weren't on a Zoom call they had with airline executives Thursday.
Fifteen North Texas projects have secured at a total of $26,597,414 in funding as part of the bipartisan federal Omnibus spending package, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (Texas District 32) of Plano announced.
While no details of this agreement have been released publicly, North Texas Congressman Colin Allred says he wants to make sure the Electoral Count Reform Act remains in the spending bill, and as of now, he says it is.
Wednesday’s vote was a key procedural step allowing debate on the bill. If the Senate passes the amended version, it will return to the U.S. House for a final vote. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, a member of the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus issued a statement after Wednesday’s vote in support of the measure.
"This is great news for Dallas schools and shows how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues to deliver and how North Texas school districts can lead the nation in the adoption of this technology," North Texas congressman Colin Allred said in a statement.
President Joe Biden signed on Monday a bipartisan bill — championed by U.S. Reps. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, and Jake Ellzey, R-Waxahachie — that will direct more than $442 million in upgrades to Veterans Affairs health care facilities in Dallas and El Paso.
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, stopped by the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce Oct. 4 to receive the Advocate for American Business Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The award is given “in recognition of support for pro-growth and pro-business policies as well as bipartisanship.”
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, said in a statement that the approval is “a huge step forward.”
“More and more Texans are choosing to go electric,” Allred said. “[The program] will create jobs and give folks more options as they travel across our state.”
“This is not a hypothetical scenario. There are Texas women who’ve been turned away with life-risking conditions, because the hospital was worried that provided this care that they would be subject to criminal penalties, a felony, in fact,” Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, said. “It’s a decision that’s in the best interest for protecting our women veterans’ health, both physical and mental.”