Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he included language in the FY 2017 U.S. House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to bring aid to areas in the 28th Congressional District with a history of poverty. All told, the language could lead to at least $924,630,300 million going to persistent-poverty areas. Now that the... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of language in the Fiscal Year 2017 House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill to increase telehealth options for veterans. The bill also includes the nearly $2.4 billion requested by the President for telehealth. Telehealth is the use of electronic and telecommunications technologies to support remote heal... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) delivered the commencement address to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) Class of 2016. In his address, the congressman shared lessons he had learned throughout his life from his parents and from his own educational career. The congressman holds five degrees: an Associate of Arts in Political Service (summa cum laude) from Laredo Community College,... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the successful inclusion of $11.52 million to keep the boll weevil and pink bollworm pests, which plague cotton farmers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, at bay in the Fiscal Year 2017 House Agriculture Appropriations bill. The bill has passed the full committee and now awaits consideration by the full House of Representatives. “Although partnershi... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) congratulated the students graduating in the coming weeks from the following colleges and universities in Bexar County: • Texas A&M University San Antonio • The University of Texas at San Antonio • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio • Palo Alto College (Alamo Colleges) • St. Philip’s College (Alamo Colleges) • San Antonio College ... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) congratulated students from Wilson, Atascosa and McMullen counties set to graduate from Coastal Bend College. “I congratulate the students graduating from Coastal Bend College,” Congressman Cuellar said. “The past years of study you have invested in your future will pay off in innumerable ways. Not only will they open doors of opportunity for you in your c... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) congratulated the students graduating in the coming weeks from the following colleges and universities in Webb County: • Texas A&M International University • Laredo Community College • Brightwood College “I congratulate the students graduating from the colleges and universities in Webb County,” Congressman Cuellar said. “The past years of study you have in... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) congratulated the students graduating in the coming weeks from the following colleges and universities in Starr and Hidalgo counties: • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley • South Texas College • University of Phoenix “I congratulate the students graduating from the colleges and universities in Starr and Hidalgo counties,” Congressman Cuellar said. “... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of language into the Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs House Appropriations bill that could provide for new burial places for veterans in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. The language was approved by the full U.S. House Appropriations Committee and must now pass the full House and Senate before being sen... Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) today announced that applications congressional nominations into U.S. Service Academies are now live on his web site. Every year, Congressman Cuellar has the privilege of nominating young men and women from the 28th Congressional District for admission into our nation’s four service academies that require a congressional nomination: the U.S. Military Academy at ... Read more »