President Obama renews commitment to continue rebuilding the nation’s economic strength Read more »

Constitutional Amendment that Requires Balanced Budget Read more »

The next effective date of benefits of health reform is coming up. Here are some of the key provisions that will take effect on January 1, 2011: Read more »

The bipartisan legislation to increase government efficiency, H.R. 2142, was passed in the House today, with a vote of 216-139. Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) issued the following statement in support of President Obama’s framework agreement on taxes: Read more »

New law to reduce waste, increase accountability Read more »

Bipartisan legislation to increase government efficiency and decrease waste is one step closer to becoming law, after H.R. 2142, the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Read more »

Focuses on reducing government waste, increasing transparency Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Wednesday an unprecedented government accountability bill authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), who championed similar legislation in Texas. The landmark legislation requires unparalleled public reporting from federal agencies four times a year and would make these performance reports available to the public and to Congress. The bipartisan legislation aims to reduce government waste by shining light on how government agencies perform. Read more »

"As lawmakers, our decisions rely on the information we have. Better information yields better results. In order to help eliminate waste in the federal government, we need accurate information on how well federal programs are performing. We need to replace blind faith with factual data, and make use of our power of the purse to invest in what works and fix what doesn’t." Read more »