Marc A. Veasey

Expected position: Veasey serves on the House Armed Services Committee and represents the district where F-35 production occurs. He has been a vocal advocate for the F-35 program's continuation and the jobs it supports. The F-35 program is the most expensive weapons system in U.S. history with documented cost overruns exceeding $165 billion above original estimates. As an Armed Services Committee member with direct oversight jurisdiction and a top Lockheed Martin donor relationship, substantive public criticism of the program's cost trajectory would be expected from a member claiming fiscal oversight responsibility. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Veasey has issued multiple press releases defending F-35 funding and opposing cuts to the program, demonstrating active engagement on the F-35 specifically. He has not issued public statements addressing the Government Accountability Office's repeated findings of F-35 cost growth or the Pentagon's failure to pass a financial audit for six consecutive years despite the F-35 program's scale. Primary URL: https://veasey.house.gov/media

Expected position: TX-33 includes low-income communities in southwest Fort Worth and western Dallas that are disproportionately exposed to air quality impacts from the Barnett Shale formation and refinery operations in the district. Veasey has described himself as a clean energy advocate and has sponsored clean energy legislation. The documented public health impacts on his own constituents from fossil fuel infrastructure in the district create an expected position on local air quality enforcement and refinery accountability that has not been publicly articulated. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Veasey has been publicly active on clean energy jobs and the energy transition, issuing statements on the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy provisions and introducing clean energy legislation. No documented public statements specifically address the air quality impact of fossil fuel operations on low-income communities within his own district despite his stated clean energy advocacy. Primary URL: https://veasey.house.gov/media

Pepsico, Inc. Concerned Citizens Fund, Vizient, Inc., Political Action Committee, Smith & Nephew, Inc. PAC (S+N PAC), Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. Political Action Committee (Pegpac), Ericsson Inc. U.S. Employees Political Action Committee ('Ericsson PAC'), Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants, Bp North America Employees PAC, Elbit Systems Of America, LLC PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $6,000 (2024)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted

Society For Vascular Surgery PAC, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association PAC (Ascapac), Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions (Scai) PAC, Outpatient Endovascular And Interventional Society PAC (Oeis PAC), Democrats Win Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified