Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA-9), chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX-23); Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff; and members of the San Antonio City Council met at San Antonio City Hall to announce nearly $933 million worth of Bexar County highway projects that could be funded… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA-9), chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and representatives from the City of Laredo and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), announced today nearly $100 million in federal funds for eligible highway projects in Webb County under the new federal highway… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the second year of a four-year, $2 million federal grant to tackle HIV/AIDS in Laredo. The first budget year’s grant amount was $500,000. The grant, which runs from 2014 to 2018, is for a total of $2 million and was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help the City of Laredo Health… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) took a key step forward in improving customer service at federal agencies. The congressman successfully included language in the recent government funding bill that calls on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to explain to Congress how it will ensure greater performance across the government and better customer service, a goal the… Read more »

Today, Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), Filemon Vela (D-TX-34), and Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX-15) welcomed seven of their House Democratic colleagues to the Rio Grande Valley. Visiting are Brad Ashford of Nebraska, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Jim Costa of California, Gwen Graham of Florida, Kurt Schrader of Oregon, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Mike Thompson of California. “We welcome… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) offered his thoughts on President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address delivered Tuesday evening. The address touched on a number of topics but centered on four main questions: • How do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? • How do we make technology work for us, and not against us –… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), long a champion of homeownership, announced today that he successfully included language making residents of colonias eligible to participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Self-help Homeownership Program (SHOP). The program will help those who live in communities that lack some of the most basic living necessities,… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced today that he had secured funding in the recently passed federal funding bill for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to reduce immigration backlogs. The new judges would be in addition to the over 260 immigration judges already in the 58-court system. This system includes 35 judges in nine courts in Texas. The congressman originally… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) will host fifth-grade student Anthony Garcia, 11, from Dr. Henry Cuellar Elementary School in Laredo, Texas, to see President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 12 at 8 p.m. CST at the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “Education is the great equalizer. I fully believe in providing our students with… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that he secured a $2.5 million-dollar increase in federal funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Outreach Program to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity in High Risk Areas (those counties with an obesity rate above 40 percent). Hidalgo County is the only county in the congressman’s district that meets the… Read more »