Agencies have new requirements as they begin developing their fiscal 2018 budget requests. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) included them in the 2016 spending bill. The provision tells agencies to show how program performance metrics are tied to priority goals. Agencies should estimate how these proposed investments will contribute to greater progress in meeting a host of measures… Read more »
Cuellar pens service bill
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar says he successfully included language in the recent government funding bill that calls on the Office of Management and Budget to explain to Congress how it will ensure greater performance across the government and better customer service.
“One of my primary missions as a member of Congress is to improve the responsiveness… Read more »
CUELLAR WORKING TO GET NEW FEDERAL COURTHOUSE FOR MCALLEN
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar hopes to replicate the success he had in getting millions of dollars for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio, this time to assist McAllen.
The Laredo Democrat says he has met with various federal officials to get the ball rolling.
“My focus in 2016 is going to be on appropriations. With… Read more »
Federal grant tackles HIV in city
Laredo Morning Times
Congressman Henry Cuellar announced Friday the second year of a four-year, $2 million federal grant to tackle HIV/AIDS in Laredo.
The first budget year’s grant amount was $500,000.
The grant, which runs from 2014 to 2018, is for a total of $2 million and was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services… Read more »
Invierten 2 mdd para evitar el avance del Sida
Podrán brindar más y mejores servicios gratuitos para la población
Para combatir el avance del Sida en esta comunidad, el Departamento de Salud tiene un fondo de 2 millones de dólares que servirá para ofrecer más y mejores servicios gratuitos para la población y reducir la incidencia de esta enfermedad pues Webb es uno de los condados con… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) offered his thoughts on President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address delivered Tuesday evening.
The address touched on a number of topics but centered on four main questions:
• How do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy?
• How do we make technology work for us, and not against us –… Read more »
Rep. Henry Cuellar Helps Secure Funding for More Immigration Judges
By Michael Marks on Wed, Jan 13, 2016
Rep. Henry Cuellar, the San Antonio Democrat who sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced yesterday that he had helped secure funding for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to help adjudicate the backlog of… Read more »
A needed shift for Central America
January 13, 2016
The $750 million recently appropriated to the Central American countries that make up the Northern Triangle signals a welcome change in how this country deals with a flood of migrants from the region.
The U.S. strategy has been to detain and deport families and minors, though pressure did succeed in forcing the release… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), long a champion of homeownership, announced today that he successfully included language making residents of colonias eligible to participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Self-help Homeownership Program (SHOP). The program will help those who live in communities that lack some of the most basic living necessities,… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced today that he had secured funding in the recently passed federal funding bill for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to reduce immigration backlogs. The new judges would be in addition to the over 260 immigration judges already in the 58-court system. This system includes 35 judges in nine courts in Texas.
The congressman originally… Read more »
