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It’s Not True That No One in Congress Takes Government Performance Seriously Henry Cuellar is more than a little delighted to talk about government performance and customer service. After all, it’s not every day the Texas Democrat is asked to expound on a subject that’s clearly near and dear to his heart. And since he’s not only the driving force behind the 2010 Government Performance and Results ... Read more »

Texas uninsured rate drops to 1990s level A study released Tuesday shows that the rate of Texans without insurance has dropped to its lowest point since the late 1990s because of the Affordable Care Act, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation reported. Prior to the implementation of the ACA in September 2013, the uninsured rate in Texas was about 26... Read more »

Bipartisan Push Could Expand Work Visas (video link below) Immigration reform may be on hold, but a change has been made to allow more immigrants into the U.S. temporarily. Republicans and Democrats have been behind the changes that were made to the appropriations bill for this year. The changes affect the H2-B work visas for temporary workers for low skilled jobs. It would not raise the cap of 66... Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) the passage by unanimous consent of S.2143, to grant permanent rights to the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and its successors to operate an existing toll bridge across the Rio Grande at Rio Grande City, Texas. In 1962 Congress authorized the Starr-Camargo International Bridge Company to construct, operate, and maintain a private toll-bridge between the Unit... Read more »

Asciende México en turismo internacional, confirma ONU El presidente Peña Nieto recibe informe del secretario de la OMT, Taleb Rifai; habla con legisladores de EU de migración y seguridad fronteriza Francisco Reséndiz El presidente Enrique Peña Nieto recibió ayer en la Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos al secretario General de la Organización Mundial de Turismo (OMT), Taleb Rifai, quien le informó q... Read more »

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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 sent to Congres... Read more »

GOP Just Keeps Pushing Financial Reform Republicans have been trying to chip away at the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ever since it was passed nearly six years ago, and they have been making some headway in the last month. The latest victory for the GOP in their fight against Dodd-Frank came in the House of Representatives recently when H.R. 3340, known as the Financia... Read more »

Idea de Donald Trump de confiscar remesas sería un golpe para economía de Texas Por KATIE LESLIE y CHRISTINE AYALA/DMN Washington —El representante Henry Cuéllar, demócrata por Laredo, no se anda con rodeos al hablar sobre lo que el plan de Donald Trump de obligar a México a pagar la construcción de un muro en la frontera significaría para Texas. “Desataría una guerra”, dijo el legislador fronteri... Read more »

How Texas could suffer if Trump cut off cash sent to Mexico over border wall fight By KATIE LESLIE and CHRISTINE AYALA WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Cuellar, a border lawmaker, minces no words about what Donald Trump’s plan to force Mexico to pay for a border wall would mean for Texas. “He would start a war,” the Laredo Democrat warned, referring to Trump’s plan to cut off payments that people in the U.... Read more »