Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), along with Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA-9), chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and representatives from the City of Laredo and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), announced today nearly $100 million in federal funds for eligible highway projects in Webb County under the new federal highway… 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 »
Published: January 12, 2016 8:00 am
By Christine Ayala and Elizabeth Koh
Update 4:10 p.m.: this post has been updated with guest comments throughout
WASHINGTON– A few notable Texans will be scattered among the political elite at President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Address Tuesday.
The White House is painting the speech as non-traditional and… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar will host an elementary school student from Laredo to see President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
The student, Anthony Garcia, 11, who attends Cuellar Elementary School, was chosen out of 105 fifth-grade students at the school who participated in an essay-writing competition about positive habits that have made them a better leader, and… Read more »
Local elementary student attending State of the Union Address
By: Victoria Young
LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - On Tuesday, president Barack Obama will give his last State of the Union Address, an event that some call historic.
One Laredo student will be joining Congressmen Henry Cuellar at Tuesday's State of the Union Address.
Libraries are typically quiet places, but on this day… Read more »
Texans find some faded clout in the 2015 Congress
This year's session included much for state delegation to brag about
KEVIN DIAZ
Whether it was the best of times or the worst of times, the 2015 edition of Congress sent much of the Texas delegation home for the holidays feeling satisfied, if not quite merry.
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz accused the ruling GOP leadership of… Read more »
Aseguran más fondos para industria cítrica
Combinación de recurso único y una aportación de 2 millones de dólares
Fueron asegurados 5.5 millones de dólares adicionales de fondos federales propuestos por el gobierno para financiar el paquete para apoyar a la industria de los cítricos en Texas. Este financiamiento es una combinación de un fondo único que incrementó y una aportación… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
