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The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, today named U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners in the 112th Congress.  NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner praised Rep. Cuellar for “standing for small business.” In presenting the… Read more »

U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar was selected as a “Friend of the Farm Bureau” for the 112th Congress. The award, given at the end of each Congress, is based on voting records on priority issues established by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors, the number of bills that a member has sponsored and co-sponsored,… Read more »

As hard as it is to imagine, Washington cares about customer service. So says the House of Representatives, which approved the Government Customer Service Improvement Act on Tuesday. No one suggested a federal version of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's directive for state workers to cheerfully answer the phone, "It’s a great day in South Carolina,’’ or to call in Nordstrom’s experts to… Read more »

The increased hiring of Border Patrol and other federal agents for U.S.-Mexico border security operations has created a need for a better screening process of prospective employees, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said. The Department of Homeland Security released a report last month detailing almost 1,400 internal investigations, netting 318 arrests and 260 convictions, all from 2011. While… Read more »

On Wednesday, Congressman Henry Cuellar made a special visit to Action 4 Sunrise to talk about current events and issues happening across the country. Rep. Cuellar answers questions about the US/Mexico border, economy, a dysfunctional congress and the war in Afghanistan among other topics. In his interview, Mr. Cuellar did not shy away from giving his opinion on the current candidates for… Read more »

“Six million jobs have been created just on the U.S. side [of the border] because of the trade that we have with Mexico.” U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) speaks with AS/COA Director of Policy Jason Marczak about the local and national economic necessity for further facilitating cross-border trade. Representative Cuellar represents Laredo, Texas—the port of entry for approximately… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) convened a roundtable discussion with special invited guest Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to hear from medical and healthcare industry stakeholders from the South Texas area.  The conversation centered on health care needs in South Texas, including Medicaid, Medicare,… Read more »

    To the editior:     Recently, I was pleasantly surprised when I received a phone call from Washington, DC (the caller ID said so) from Representative Henry Cuellar's office, giving me the option to participate in a phone town hall meeting. Curious as to what this was about, I pressed the requested phone button and was able to listen to… Read more »

In the last scheduled telephone town hall call scheduled for the year, constituents of District 28 had an opportunity to voice concerns regarding health care. More than 5,725 callers participated July 26, from Wilson and other counties that comprise District 28. Joining U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was Social Security Administration District Manager Sylvia Serrano, who answered questions… Read more »