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Reps. Barton and Cuellar: The Most Substantial Energy Policy in a Generation

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Reps. Barton (R-TX) and Cuellar (D-TX) commend the House for passing H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes lifting the ban on crude oil exports. Barton and Cuellar have worked in a bipartisan and bicameral capacity to carry this crucial policy fix across the finish line. At a time when legislators so rarely cross the aisle figuratively or the floor of the Capitol…

Reps. Barton and Cuellar: The Most Substantial Energy Policy in a Generation

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Reps. Barton (R-TX) and Cuellar (D-TX) commend the House for passing H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes lifting the ban on crude oil exports. Barton and Cuellar have worked in a bipartisan and bicameral capacity to carry this crucial policy fix across the finish line. At a time when legislators so rarely cross the aisle figuratively or the floor of the Capitol…

Congressman Cuellar Helps Secure $5.5 Million in Additional Federal Funding for Combating Citrus Greening

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he had worked with representatives from other citrus-growing regions, including California and Florida, to secure $5.5 million in additional federal funding in the proposed government funding package to tackle citrus greening disease and aid the citrus industry in Texas, Florida and California. The funding will come in a combination of a…

Congressman Cuellar Announces $265 Million to Help Reimburse States and Border Counties in Assisting with Border Security

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The recently passed omnibus appropriations bill provides $210 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and $55 million for Operation Stonegarden grants Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of $265 million in the federal government funding package to assist states and localities that incur costs for incarcerating undocumented criminals and assist with…

KGNS: Law enforcement to soon receive financial help from federal government

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Local law enforcement entities will soon be getting some much needed financial help from the federal government for housing undocumented immigrants. The bill will make available a total of 265-million dollars to reimburse counties for the money they use in holding undocumented immigrants in county jails. In a statement released by Congressman Henry Cuellar, he says "while immigration is…

Congressman Cuellar Announces $265 Million to Help Reimburse States and Border Counties in Assisting with Border Security

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Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of $265 million in the federal government funding package to assist states and localities that incur costs for incarcerating undocumented criminals and assist with border security. “The omnibus appropriations act which provides government funding through September 2016 includes $210 million for the State Criminal Alien…

Texas Insider: Congressman Cuellar Announces More than $897 Million for Mexico and Central America in Government Funding Bill

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that the Fiscal Year 2016 government funding bill includes more than $897 million worth of support for Mexico and Central America, provisions that he and Kay Granger (R-TX-12), chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, have fought for. The omnibus includes $750 million in funding to implement the United…

SA Express News:Funding for courthouse up for a vote

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Sen. John Cornyn expressed confidence Thursday that a federal spending bill that includes funding for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio will pass the full Congress. The $1.1 trillion omnibus bill’s language was made public this week and is slated for a vote by the House and Senate on Friday, according to Cornyn, R-Texas. After a lobbying effort by federal judges, city and…

LLAMAS COMUNICACION: Anuncia Washington un fondo de asistencia de 897 mdd para Mèxico y Centroamerica

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Anuncia Washington un fondo de asistencia de 897 mdd para Mèxico y Centroamerica JAVIER AMIEVA Los fondos de soporte al desarrollo esperan detener el flujo de ilegales que provienen del sur de México. Otros apoyos a Educación y fondos para microempresas y comercio internacional. WASHINGTON , 16.12.2015: Del ensamble presupuestario en Estados Unidos, para Desarrollo Asistencial hacia…

BREIT BART: Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for Central America, Mexico Included in Omnibus

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Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for Central America, Mexico Included in Omnibus Included in the more than 2,000 page, $1.1 trillion year-end spending bill released this week is nearly $1 billion in funding for Mexico and Central America, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) CAROLINE MAY In the wake of an ongoing surge of unaccompanied minors and family units illegally entering the…