SCAN opens new facility
After years of migrating from different office spaces, Serving Children and Adults in Need, a local social services organization, established roots in its brand new, permanent home.
The grand opening of SCAN’s new 14,000-square-foot facility Monday was attended by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, city and county officials as well as the organization’s zealous… Read more »
Trip by Cotton put at $36,000
Lobbying group’s charity arm foots bill for tour of Israel
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's recent trip to Israel with his wife was the third most expensive privately financed trip a member of Congress has taken in the past 15 years, according to Legistorm.
The political news service reported that the $36,000 week-long trip sponsored by the American… Read more »
Trip by Cotton put at $36,000
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's recent trip to Israel with his wife was the third most expensive privately financed trip a member of Congress has taken in the past 15 years, according to Legistorm.
The political news service reported that the $36,000 week-long trip sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation, the charity arm of pro-Israel… Read more »
Latest FBI report shows Border Cities to be safe
McALLEN, RGV – If one measures the security of a community by the numbers of murders and robberies, the Texas-Mexico border region continues to be safe.
Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday released a compilation of the latest crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said the statistics undercut the perception many… Read more »
Texans Rally U.S. House to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
WASHINGTON — A decades-long ban on crude oil exports is up for repeal, legislation that is expected to glide through the U.S. House at the end of the week. Though there is little doubt that the repeal will pass the lower chamber, it still faces serious obstacles before becoming law.
The Obama administration is telegraphing that… Read more »
Congresista Cuéllar realiza mesa redonda binacional sobre energía
Reúne a representantes de México y Estados Unidos en Laredo
El Congresista Henry Cuéllar funge como anfitrión de mesa redonda binacional sobre energía, reuniendo a representantes de México y Estados Unidos en Laredo. |
Laredo.- Teniendo como marco la ciudad de Laredo, el congresista Henry Cuéllar llevó a cabo una mesa… Read more »
Universidades de Texas y México firman acuerdos académicos en apoyo de industria energética
Universidades de Texas y México firman acuerdo para fortalecer programas de intercambio de materiales académicos, estudiantes y profesorado en relación a la industria energética
NUEVO LAREDO, México, oct. 03, 2015.- La Universidad Internacional de Texas A&M,… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement today on the continuing resolution, or funding mechanism, approved by the House to continue funding for the federal government until December 11, 2015:
“I am glad this continuing resolution came to the floor today. Keeping the federal government funded is… Read more »
The San Antonio business leaders, residents who traveled to see Pope Francis in DC
Dozens of San Antonio residents were witnesses to history, including several prominent business people who traveled to Washington D.C. to hear Pope Francis speak.
Pope Francis delivered a message of hope to Congress but also spoke about immigration, the environment and the death penalty among other topics… Read more »
Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with San Antonio Representatives Will Hurd (R-TX-23), Lamar Smith (R-TX-21), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), introduced H.R. 3612, bipartisan legislation to provide emergency funding for FY 2016 for the construction of a new federal courthouse for the United States District Court for the Western District of… Read more »
