Cornyn pushes bill on trade Cornyn pushes bill on trade BROWNSVILLE — Up in Washington D.C., Sen. John Cornyn is busy trying to pass a bill that would positively impact border cities. The bill, called the “Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act,” would encourage public-private partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved language in H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA, pronounced WUR-duh), to authorize a feasibility study on rehabilitating Chacon Creek in Laredo. The committee unanimously approved this legislation today. The language provides for a study on… Read more »

Clinton broadens money network as Trump gets started Hillary Clinton is expanding the ranks of her money operation to people new to major Democratic Party fundraising, even as Donald Trump struggles to get the established Republican donor class on board. Since the beginning of 2016, Clinton's campaign added 125 major fundraisers to its list of "Hillblazers," supporters who… Read more »

More Religious Freedom Fights in House This Week Last week’s religious liberty battles that began on military and veterans legislation spilled over onto another bill on the floor of the House of Representatives this week. Having lost by one vote last Thursday, Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) came back again with a measure supporting President Obama’s executive order in 2014 that required… Read more »

Chacon Creek rehab eyed Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved language in H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 to authorize a feasibility study on rehabilitating Chacon Creek in Laredo. The committee unanimously approved this legislation Wednesday. The language provides for a study on the… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of language in the Fiscal Year 2017 U.S. House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill that encourages the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and local public housing authorities to reduce the number of residents who exceed the maximum income… Read more »

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Funding for new courthouse clears last hurdle Funding for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio cleared a final congressional hurdle Wednesday. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a project prospectus for the new courthouse, according to announcements by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and others in Bexar County’s… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he included language in the Fiscal Year 2017 U.S. House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (THUD) bill that will encourage participation from city and county governments in the selection of Coordinated Border Infrastructure (CBI) projects, or those designed to alleviate congestion caused by… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will authorize plans tomorrow by the United States General Services Administration (GSA) for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio. As the congressman previously announced, the GSA transmitted its plans for a new federal courthouse to Congress in late April following the… Read more »