In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school.

In 2004 he was named a Top Ten Legislator by Texas Monthly and Legislator of the Year by the Texas Municipal League. Marchant's son Matthew Marchant is the current mayor of Carrollton Texas. He puKenny Marchantd for legislation that reorganized the Texas Banking Code.

S. Representative for Texas's 24th congressional district serving since 2005.