Cuellar: Laredo to Valley will be epicenter of oil production boom U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar met with Mexican legislators and Pemex officials at the Texas Energy Summit in Laredo last Friday. LAREDO, May 27 - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says there is great excitement among Mexican elected officials and oil and gas executives about the opening up of their country’s energy industry to private competition. Cuellar, D-Laredo, based his assessment of the mood of the country on how well an energy summit he...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) today called on President Obama to approve long-delayed plans for the construction of the Keystone Pipeline from Canada to Texas following the release of a key environmental study on Friday. The study found that the pipeline would not cause any significant environmental impact, leaving the final decision at the desk of Secretary John Kerry and the President. “The clear linkage to job creation, the economy, and domestic energy security demonstrates that it is in...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX28) grants coordinators met today with city and county officials in Zapata county to discuss federal funding opportunities. The grants team assists individuals, businesses and organizations in applying for loans and grants from federal agencies such as, United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Department of Justice, among others. “Securing federal funds for the taxpayers of my d...
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Washington, D.C. – Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) co-chaired the first meeting of the Texas Caucus on Shale Oil and Gas (TCSOG). This caucus serves as a valuable, bi-partisan place to discuss issues surrounding shale production in Texas. The University of Texas in San Antonio (UTSA) forecasted that development of oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale added more than $61 billion in total economic impact across a 20-county region in Central and South Texas ...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) released the following statement regarding the Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act: Click to watch Congressman Cuellar’s remarks on the House Floor on 06-25-13 “This bill would allow oil and natural gas production on 1.5 million acres that were previously off-limits because of border issues. It’s been over three years since President Obama and then-President Calderon agreed on the need to finalize a binational agreement such as this, which no...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) is encouraging Laredo and Webb County residents to participate in the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Public Meeting to be held in Laredo on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting is for residents to provide input that will help Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) and Federal Railroad Administration officials make informed decisions when formulating the rail study, which includes the possibility of new high-speed passenger rail service from Oklahoma ...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement today after the Obama Administration announced that the U.S. and its partners in the International Energy Agency would release a total of 60 million barrels of oil onto the world market to offset the demand of oil. In contributing to the effort, the U.S. will release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve:
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement after President Obama released a proposal to open vast offshore coastal regions to oil drilling. The five-year plan will allow, for the first time, oil and natural gas drilling off the East Coast of the United States and parts of the Gulf of Mexico pending a reversal of a Congressional moratorium. The initiative signals a major shift in the future of the nation’s domestic energy policy.
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