By Cindy Casares • November 13, 2015 • 3:33pm
Once every decade or so, Texas officials make promises that a high-speed rail line from San Antonio to Monterrey, Mexico – the country's financial center, which is located only two hours from the border – is in the works. That time has come around again, and, this week, Texas and Mexican officials met with U.S. Transportation Secretary… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar and representatives from the City of Laredo today inaugurated a brand new, state-of-the-art Bi-National Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facility that will serve as a Mexican Customs pre-clearance facility for air cargo in Laredo, Texas, on Thursday, November 12 at the Laredo International Airport.
The FIS facility currently houses both U.S. and Mexican… Read more »
El congresista demócrata por el distrito 28 de Texas, Henry Cuéllar, y representantes de la Ciudad de Laredo, hoy inauguraron la nueva Instalación Federal Binacional para Servicios de Pre-inspección en el aeropuerto internacional de Laredo. La instalación de la aduana mexicana en Laredo, Texas, para la pre-inspección de mercancías americanas con destino a México, es la primera aduana… Read more »
POR: FRANCISCO DIAZ
11 / NOVIEMBRE / 2015 -
Laredo, Texas
Una reunión celebrada ayer entre autoridades locales con representantes de las compañías ferroviarias y de la Administración Federal de Ferrocarril, sembró la esperanza de reducir los graves problemas de congestión y bloqueo de cruceros del tren en la ciudad.
“Creo que lo más importante de la junta es que hay… Read more »
Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) hosted a meeting with participants from the Texas Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, the City of Laredo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mexican Customs officials, the Federal Rail Administration, Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad to continue ongoing dialogue and find a solution to… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and the city of Laredo welcomed Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) for a tour of the World Trade Bridge as well as the Laredo airport and other parts of the city.
Congressman Cuellar invited Congressman Diaz-Balart to Laredo to see and learn about the World Trade Bridge in his capacity as chair of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) addressed his transportation priorities in the just-released draft of the long-term Surface Transportation Reauthorization & Reform Act of 2015. The bill offers a long-term extension of highway and transit funding authority through the Highway Trust Fund. The fund needs to be reauthorized by Congress by October 29.
The bill makes the… Read more »
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… Read more »
by Chris Ramirez of the Caller Times
Posted: September 9, 2015 6:23 PM
The head of Corpus Christi's port authority has been making the rounds with federal lawmakers pitching the merits of widening and deepening the Ship Channel.
Judy Hawley, who chairs the Port of Corpus Christi commission, met with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday in Houston to talk about the… Read more »
