Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for Atascosa County transportation projects. A full list of these projects can be found in the attached document labeled Funding and Projects provided by the Texas Department of Transportation.
“I am pleased to announce… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), who represents part of Bexar County, announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, almost $80 million worth of projects in the portion of the county that he represents would be funded. A full list of these projects in the northeast part of Bexar County can be found in the attached documents,… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that they will begin the process of expanding their temporary capacity to house unaccompanied children.
“As I have warned repeatedly, we must not take our eye off the ball on the issues of curbing the flow of undocumented… Read more »
Congressional Advisory
Renters with Storm Damage May Apply for Disaster Assistance
Renters displaced from their homes or apartments by the October storms may be eligible for federal disaster assistance, which may include grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
FEMA grants for… Read more »
Today, the House agreed to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H.R. 22, the bill that offers a five-year $305 billion reauthorization of federal-aid highway and transit programs. The House voted 359-65 to accept the legislation, paving the way for Senate passage and sending the bill to the President’s desk. The legislation will allocate an average of $3.67 billion per… Read more »
Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX-23), Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX-16) and Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) praised the passage by the U.S. House and Senate of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a five-year federal highway bill including language to give states more flexibility to invest in border… Read more »
Today, the House voted 359-64 to adopt the conference report on the Every Student Succeeds Act. This bill reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the primary source of federal aid to K-12 education, and the conference report, or compromise, between the House and the Senate represents a key step forward for our nation’s schoolchildren by replacing No Child Left Behind… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) made the following statement upon the news that Honduran police on Wednesday detained five Syrian young men believed to be headed to the United States.
“Honduran police stopped and detained five Syrians trying to enter the Central American nation illegally,” Congressman Cuellar said. “According to a spokesman for the Honduran Police… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar and representatives from the City of Laredo today inaugurated a brand new, state-of-the-art Bi-National Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facility that will serve as a Mexican Customs pre-clearance facility for air cargo in Laredo, Texas, on Thursday, November 12 at the Laredo International Airport.
The FIS facility currently houses both U.S. and Mexican… Read more »
El congresista demócrata por el distrito 28 de Texas, Henry Cuéllar, y representantes de la Ciudad de Laredo, hoy inauguraron la nueva Instalación Federal Binacional para Servicios de Pre-inspección en el aeropuerto internacional de Laredo. La instalación de la aduana mexicana en Laredo, Texas, para la pre-inspección de mercancías americanas con destino a México, es la primera aduana… Read more »
