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Agriculture Committee Hosts Farm Bill Hearing in Texas

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) joined his colleagues in the House Committee on Agriculture for a field hearing in Lubbock, Texas, to review U.S. agriculture policy with Texas farmers and ranchers as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. Congressman Cuellar, who represents over 11,300 farms and ranches in addition to over seven million acres of farmland in his congressional district, is the only Texas democratic member of Congress who serves on the House Agriculture Committee.

New Jim Hogg County Jail Receives Over $5 Million in Federal Funds from the USDA

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today joined USDA Rural Development State Director Paco Valentin and Jim Hogg County Officials to announce over $5.2 million in federal funding for the construction of a 48-bed jail in Hebbronville, Texas. Jim Hogg County will receive $3,949,000 in federal grant funding and $1,317,000 in a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Assistance Funds Program.

Congressman Cuellar: Wilson and Guadalupe Counties Receive Drought Assistance from USDA

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Congressman Cuellar today commended Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for issuing drought assistance relief payments to two Texas counties suffering forage loss due to prolonged drought conditions. Wilson and Guadalupe county farmers are the first in the nation to receive Farm Service Agency drought relief payments.

Congressman Cuellar: Wilson and Guadalupe Counties Receive Drought Assistance from USDA

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Congressman Cuellar today commended Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for issuing drought assistance relief payments to two Texas counties suffering forage loss due to prolonged drought conditions. Wilson and Guadalupe county farmers are the first in the nation to receive Farm Service Agency drought relief payments.

Cuellar Fights For Fever Tick Eradication, Creates Pilot Program to Fight Diabetes

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Congressman Henry Cuellar voted to pass the Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill, 2010, which provides over $24 billion to the Department of Agriculture to fund low-income food programs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rural development programs, agricultural research and over $13 million in fever tick research dollars for South Texas.

Cuellar Provision Expands Hidalgo's Eligibility for Millions in Federal Funding

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Congressman Henry Cuellar today announced that, under new rules issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), certain areas of Hidalgo County are now eligible to apply for millions of dollars in USDA rural development funding. The rule change resulted from legislative language that Congressman Cuellar authored and included in the committee report for the 2008 Farm Bill.

Cuellar Amends Water Bill to Study Rio Grande Pollution, Improve Colonias' Water Infrastructure

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The U.S. House of Representatives today voted overwhelmingly to pass the Water Quality Investment Act of 2009, major legislation that invests $18.7 billion over five years in strengthening America’s wastewater infrastructure. Included in the bill were amendments authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar that call for new studies of wastewater discharge into the Rio Grande and of colonias’ water infrastructure needs.