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Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete Nearly $100 Million Worth of Laredo and Webb County Highway Projects

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for $98,352,192 worth of Webb County transportation projects. A full list of these projects in Laredo proper as well as a map, and Webb County are attached. “I am pleased to announce these additional funds for Webb…

Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete Nearly $20 Million Worth of La Salle County Highway Projects

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for $19,770,699 worth of transportation projects in the portion of La Salle County that he represents. Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX-23) represents the other portion of La Salle County. A full list of these projects can…

Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete More than $38 Million Worth of McMullen County Highway Projects

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for $38,476,405 worth of McMullen County transportation projects. A full list of these projects can be found in the attached documents provided by the Texas Department of Transportation. “I am pleased to announce these…

Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete More than $35 Million Worth of Wilson County Highway Projects

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for $35,572,967 worth of transportation projects in Wilson County. Wilson County is also partially represented by another representative. A full list of these projects can be found in the attached document labeled…

Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete Nearly $20 million Worth of Atascosa County Highway Projects

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, new money would be made available for Atascosa County transportation projects. A full list of these projects can be found in the attached document labeled Funding and Projects provided by the Texas Department of Transportation. “I am pleased to announce…

Congressman Cuellar Announces New Federal Funding to Help Complete Almost $80 Million Worth of Bexar Highway Projects in Northeast Bexar County

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), who represents part of Bexar County, announced that under the newly passed and signed five-year federal highway authorization bill, almost $80 million worth of projects in the portion of the county that he represents would be funded. A full list of these projects in the northeast part of Bexar County can be found in the attached documents,…

Rep. Cuellar Helps Establish Freight Corridors, Border Infrastructure through Highway Funding Bill

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Today, the House agreed to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H.R. 22, the bill that offers a five-year $305 billion reauthorization of federal-aid highway and transit programs. The House voted 359-65 to accept the legislation, paving the way for Senate passage and sending the bill to the President’s desk. The legislation will allocate an average of $3.67 billion per…

Congressman Cuellar, Texas Members Announce Passage of Border Infrastructure Funding in Long-Term Highway Bill

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX-23), Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX-16) and Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) praised the passage by the U.S. House and Senate of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a five-year federal highway bill including language to give states more flexibility to invest in border…

SIN EMBARGO: Congresista de EU insiste en construir tren de alta velocidad entre San Antonio, Texas, y Monterrey, NL

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US congressman insists on building high-speed train between San Antonio, Texas, and Monterrey, NL (TRANSLATED)     By Writing / However November 16, 2015 - 19: 05h 0 Comments The construction of a railway connecting to San Antonio, Texas, with Monterrey, will be a reality, said Republican Representative Henry Cuellar, although the project is two…

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Cuellar: TPP right for Texas, America

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By Rep. Henry Cuellar • 11/14/15 2:00 PM   President Obama this month officially started the process of winning congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest trade agreement Congress has been asked to approve in years. As the member of Congress for one of the most active trading regions in the country, I have consistently supported free trade agreements. I…