Por staff - septiembre 16, 2015 Agencia: Prensa Multimedia Laredo, Texas.- El congresista Henry Cuellar asistió a la gran apertura de la nueva $ 6,100,000 Departamento de Seguridad (DPS) Crime Lab Pública con el representante estatal Richard P. Raymond, DPS director Steven C. McCraw Texas, Mayor Pete Sáenz, y otros líderes locales y estatales. El laboratorio del crimen… Read more »

House Vote May Signal the Beginning of the End of Oil Export Ban Brian Wingfield and Catherine TraywickSep 16, 2015 3:57 pm ET (Bloomberg) -- House Republicans will test Thursday whether a once-unthinkable goal of U.S. energy producers could become reality: the end of a 40-year ban on exporting oil. A mainstay of U.S. energy policy since the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s, the export… Read more »

VA Secretary McDonald’s RGV visit in Pictures HARLINGEN, RGV – Rio Grande Valley veterans finally got to meet the head of the VA on Monday when cabinet secretary Robert McDonald visited Harlingen and McAllen. Valley veterans’ leaders have been pressing for such a meeting for many years. The visit was organized by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who accompanied McDonald on visits to the Veterans… Read more »

LAREDO GETS STATE-OF-THE-ART CRIME LAB, SECURED BY RAYMOND ALONGSIDE LOCAL OFFICIALS LAREDO, TEXAS – Representative Richard Peña Raymond (Laredo), Chairman of the House Committee on Human Services, joined local officials, city and county law enforcement for the grand opening of the new Oscar “O.J.” Hale Crime Lab. As Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations during the 81st… Read more »

·         POR: VICTORIA ROLDÁN ·         14 / SEPTIEMBRE / 2015 - Los representantes Henry Cuéllar y Filemón Vela, se reunirán con veteranos para discutir la manera de servir major a este sector de la sociedad en el Valle del Río Grande.  Primero tendrán una mesa redonda en Harlingen en la… Read more »

Incentivan Comercio exterior en Laredo, Texas / El Financiero / LAREDO, Texas.- Derivado de la visita del Gobernador Greg Abbott liderando a TexasOne"la organización de promoción de turismo y desarrollo económico de Texas-, y con una comitiva de representación de Texas que incluyo al alcalde Laredo Texas se pondrán en marcha programas que incentivaran la… Read more »

Rep. Cuellar Discusses Veteran Health Care During Valley Tour Texas Border Business VA Sec. McDonald, Gov. Abbot and Congressional Delegation visit Harlingen and McAllen to Tour VA Hospital and Meet with Local Veterans McALLEN, Texas – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX-15), Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX-34) and… Read more »

Health care, not a VA hospital, is priority: VA secretary while in McAllen McALLEN — The first visit of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to the Rio Grande Valley on Monday, brought much excitement to the region, and for one Veteran in specific an opportunity to have his case heard again. Victor Zavala, a veteran with more than 20 years of service to the U.S. Army, decided to… Read more »

Posted on Monday, September 14th, 2015 McALLEN, Texas – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX-15), Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX-34) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald to discuss issues relating to veteran health care in the Rio Grande Valley. Sec.… Read more »

Posted: Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:38 pm ANDREA PEREZ AND DANIEL A. FLORES | STAFF WRITERS by Andrea Perez and Daniel A. Flores   A roundtable discussion Monday with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Texas state leaders aims to discuss the future of the medical school at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the… Read more »