Oct 5, 2015, 1:40pm CDT Updated Oct 6, 2015, 8:12am CDT Sergio Chapa Reporter San Antonio Business Journal Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would lift a decades-old crude oil export ban but the debate is heating up on San Antonio's airwaves. The Washington D.C.-based group Producers for American Crude Oil Exports, or PACE, has purchased a series of cable television ads to get the publi... Read more »
U.S. and Mexican energy officials met in Laredo on Friday for a binational energy roundtable meant to foster ways the two countries could cooperate and build their respective border energy sectors, especially in light of Mexico’s’ energy reform announced earlier this year. One result of the event was an agreement between Texas A&M International University and five Mexican universities that is mean... Read more »
Universidades de Texas y México firman acuerdos académicos en apoyo de industria energética Universidades de Texas y México firman acuerdo para fortalecer programas de intercambio de materiales académicos, estudiantes y profesorado en relación a la industria energética NUEVO LAREDO, México, oct. 03, 2015.- La Universidad Internacional de Texas A&M, Campus Laredo, firmó un acuerdo con seis univers... Read more »
Energy and Oil officials come together for roundtable discussion LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - U.S. and Mexican energy and oil officialscome together to build our energy markets on both sides of the border. The energy and oil roundtable took place at TAMIU. Officials signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a program of cooperation for collaborative educational programs. Those involved in the discu... Read more »
TAMIU Signs Agreements with Five Mexican Universities at U.S.-México Roundtable Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with five Mexican universities at a binational energy roundtable that drew energy industry experts to its campus today. The roundtable, held by Congressman Henry Cuellar, was the first event of its kind in Laredo as it brought togeth... Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar recently released the following statement on Pope Francis’ address to a joint meeting of Congress: “Pope Francis’ visit to our nation’s Capital was a truly historic event. His address to Congress was greatly welcomed by many of my colleagues as we put aside our partisan politics to listen to a world leader on peace. I invited a number of my constituents to listen and take... Read more »
The San Antonio business leaders, residents who traveled to see Pope Francis in DC Dozens of San Antonio residents were witnesses to history, including several prominent business people who traveled to Washington D.C. to hear Pope Francis speak. Pope Francis delivered a message of hope to Congress but also spoke about immigration, the environment and the death penalty among other topics moving Hou... Read more »
The pope, politics and pipeline The news from the nation’s capital last week had Pope Francis talking about global climate change, Hillary Clinton criticizing the Keystone pipeline and the oil industry, and the U.S. House getting ready to vote on repealing the ban on crude oil exports. Pope Francis arrived in Washington, D.C., and reiterated that Americans need to do more to counter climate change... Read more »
FRANCISCO DÍAZ | 28/09/2015 LAREDO, TX.- Bajo una nueva iniciativa del gobierno federal, se permitirá a ciudades fronterizas como Laredo, tener mayor flexibilidad en el uso de fondos federales, para invertirlos en mejoras a la infraestructura para el comercio internacional. Un acuerdo de cooperación entre los Congresistas Henry Cuellar, Michael McCaul y WillHurd, con el apoyo del senador John Corn... Read more »
Bipartisan bill brings San Antonio a step closer to landing new federal courthouse The long anticipated construction of a new federal courthouse in San Antonio may finally be closer to dirt-turning. A bipartisan group of San Antonio lawmakers has introduced new legislation that would provide emergency funding from fiscal year 2016 for the construction of a new federal courthouse for the United Sta... Read more »
