Updated: Mon 11:01 PM, Oct 12, 2015 By: Justin J. Reyes LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - With congress on recess this week, Congressman Henry Cuellar plans to take a trip across the border into Mexico. Cuellar says if the U.S. and Mexico can work out infrastructure issues at the border, trade relations will improve significantly. The four bridges connecting Mexico and Laredo are used by thousands of tractor... Read more »
Noem visits Egypt for ISIS talks 605 POLITICS Dana Ferguson, dferguson@argusleader.com10:52 a.m. CDT October 12, 2015 Rep. Kristi Noem was among a handful of bipartisan legislators to travel overseas last month to tackle issues of national security. In a six-day trip to Egypt, Greece and Germany, Noem met with terrorism and international security experts as well as foreign leaders to discuss defen... Read more »
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015 - 11:35AM Rep. Lamar Smith, R.-Texas, chairman of the Committee On Science, Space & Technology in the House of Representatives, received the Congressman of the Year award from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (Alliance), the oil and natural gas trade association said Oct. 12. “Chairman Smith has been a tireless worker for sound energy policy as chairman of one of the... Read more »
By Denelle Confair | dconfair@kveo.com Published 10/09 2015 04:25PM Updated 10/12 2015 09:09AM BROWNSVILLE, Texas Being a border town, Brownsville and McAllen might be a city you expect to find the highest amount of crimes in. Congressman Henry Cuellar announced on Friday the latest FBI crime statistics for the Texas border region. It reports McAllen and Brownsville as some of the lowest cities fo... Read more »
Latest FBI report shows Border Cities to be safe McALLEN, RGV – If one measures the security of a community by the numbers of murders and robberies, the Texas-Mexico border region continues to be safe. Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday released a compilation of the latest crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said the statistics undercut the perception many have that th... Read more »
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2015 6:36 pm STAFF REPORT FBI statistics showed cities along the Texas-Mexico border have a lower murder rate than other major cities in the U.S., according to a news release from Congressman Henry Cuellar’s office. U.S. Rep. Cuellar, D-Laredo, released on Thursday evening a compilation of the 2014 statistics from officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigations that ... Read more »
by Abby Livingston Oct. 7, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it "strongly opposes" a repeal of the crude oil export ban, an issue many Texans are trying to push through Congress. Citing environmental concerns, the administration issued a statement on the legislation, H.R. 702, saying that if the president "were presented with H.R. 702, his senior advisors wou... Read more »
By Guillermo Contreras October 7, 2015 Updated: October 7, 2015 11:47pm Photo: John Davenport, Staff / San Antonio Express-News The John H. Wood, Jr. Federal Courthouse at 655 E. Cesar Chavez was built to serve as the Confluence Theatre for HemisFair '68. The courthouse as it is currently built, causes numerous problems for judges, jurors, prosecutors and the Marshal's office. Drinking fountains t... Read more »
Posted by: Alessandra De Souza CHLI Celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month at4th Annual Trade and International Affairs Symposium on Sept. 30, 2015 The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) hosted its 4thAnnual Trade and International Affairs Symposium at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2015. In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, CHLI held the symposium with this year... Read more »
Por: Francisco Diaz Colaborará con cinco universidades mexicanas Directivos de la Universidad Internacional de TAMIU firmaron un memorándum de entendimiento con cinco universidades mexicanas durante una mesa redonda binacional celebrada en el campus de Laredo. LAREDO, TX.- La reunión fue convocada por el Congresista Federal Henry Cuellar y fue el primer evento de su clase en Laredo al reunir a fun... Read more »
