Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar was selected to serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives Small Business Committee. “I look forward to working with my new colleagues in the Small Business Committee,” noted Congressman Cuellar. “The Small Business Committee plays a crucial role in ensuring that our nation’s economy continues to grow and prosper. Small businesses… Read more »

 Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) joined his colleagues in Washington, DC as they took their oath to become members of the 110th Congress. Congressman Cuellar begins his second term representing the 28th Congressional District of Texas, which includes Guadalupe, Wilson, Frio, Atascosa, La Salle, McMullen, Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Starr, and parts of Bexar and Hidalgo… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar was selected to serve as Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness & Response. The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes: interoperability and other emergency communications; first responders; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); state and local preparedness and response; private sector… Read more »

Today, Congress passed HR 5, the College Student Relief Act, which was co-sponsored by Congressman Henry Cuellar. This bill will help make higher education accessible and affordable by cutting the interest rates in half on certain subsidized student loans over the next five years. Interest rates on subsidized student loans for undergraduates would be cut from the current 6.8 percent to… Read more »

In December of 2004, on the eve of my joining the United States Congress, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison invited me to a Texas bipartisan delegation meeting in Washington, D. C. with top executives from Union Pacific Railroad. The agenda: to discuss the inordinately high number of train accidents and derailments that had been occurring in Texas, and more importantly, the growing… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar announced today that Laredo has secured congressional intent to support the removal of Carrizo cane from certain locations along the banks of the Rio Grande. In report language to accompany HR 5441, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007, the Committee on Appropriations stated “The Committee understands that the removal of… Read more »