Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) secured language to reform the Presidential permit process in the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs House appropriations bill. The language will streamline and expedite the Presidential permit approval process for bridges, including the World Trade Bridge expansion project in Laredo. In 2022, U.S.… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), a member of the House Appropriation Subcommittee on Defense, secured support for security cooperation with Mexico in the FY 2024 Defense Appropriations Bill. The legislation will help counter drug smuggling and cartel-related activities.
Specifically, Congressman Cuellar secured:
$32,000,000 in federal funding to… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, secured language strengthening migrant facility video monitoring and consolidating migrant medical care in the Committee report accompanying the FY 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. Rep. Cuellar secured this language in light of continued… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last week, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) hosted a roundtable with more than a dozen South Texas labor unions. Attendees included members of the Texas and San Antonio American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Communication Workers of America (CWA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), United… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) secured language to reform the Presidential permit process in the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs House appropriations bill. The language will streamline and expedite the Presidential permit approval process for bridges, including the World Trade Bridge expansion project in Laredo.
Presidential… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) led a bipartisan letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy urging him to prioritize deliveries of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles to letter carriers in South Texas. These new, air-conditioned vehicles are expected to become available in October 2023, replacing the Postal Service’s existing fleet of vehicles that entered service… Read more »
San Antonio, TX – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced over $24 million in federal funding to help secure local communities. The City of San Antonio will receive $13,051,737, United Way San Antonio $5,795,360, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio $5,688,925 in the first tranche of FY23 Shelter and Services Program Funding, a program Congressman… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced over $12 million in federal funding to help secure local communities. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo will receive $6,438,769 and the Laredo Fire Department $5,961,992 in the first tranche of FY23 Shelter and Services Program (SSP) funding, a program Congressman Cuellar started in 2014. The funds are… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34), and Congressman Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2) introduced the Land Port of Entry (LPOE) Modernization Trust Fund Act. This legislation will establish a trust fund that will be used to (1) construct new ports of… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement as he continues to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as well as local and federal entities to restore order to the U.S.-Mexico border:
“Today, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board announced that Catholic Charities of Laredo will now be… Read more »
