Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the passage by the full U.S. House of the Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs House Appropriations bill. The bill includes language by the congressman that could provide for new burial places for veterans in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. The bill was approved by the House Thursday on a vote of 295-129. The… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statements after President Obama signed their legislation to grant the Starr-Camargo Bridge permanent operating authority into law Friday: "As the representative for the Starr-Camargo Bridge, I understand how extending the bridge company's charter will bring economic certainty to the region,"… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the passage by the full U.S. House of the Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations. Congressman Cuellar included a number of provisions in the bill to support homeless veterans. The bill passed the House Thursday on a vote of 295-129. Congressman Cuellar’s language has several parts. First, it encourages… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar announced the passage by the full U.S. House of the Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. The bill passed on a vote of 295-129 Thursday Thursday and includes language by the congressman to support homeless veterans in Laredo. Congressman Cuellar’s language has several parts. First, it encourages the U.S. Department… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he included language in the U.S. House’s Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill to support homeless veterans. Congressman Cuellar’s language has several parts. First, it encourages the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to work with local service agencies, particularly in small and rural… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he had helped include $8 million in the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Appropriations Bill to strengthen relationships between the United States and its allies through military training exercises under the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP). The bill passed out of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee yesterday. The SPP was… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he included language in the FY 2017 U.S. House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to bring aid to areas in the 28th Congressional District with a history of poverty. All told, the language could lead to at least $924,630,300 million going to persistent-poverty areas. Now… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the successful inclusion of $11.52 million to keep the boll weevil and pink bollworm pests, which plague cotton farmers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, at bay in the Fiscal Year 2017 House Agriculture Appropriations bill. The bill has passed the full committee and now awaits consideration by the full House of Representatives. “Although… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that today the General Services Administration (GSA) sent to Congress the plan for a new federal courthouse for the Western District of Texas, based in San Antonio. This plan must be approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works before it can move forward. The plan… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) today hosted an international meeting at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) to discuss the threat of the Zika virus in Texas. The meeting discussed what actions the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other state, local and international health agencies are taking to prevent further spread of the virus and address how all… Read more »