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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…

Congressman Cuellar Announces Inclusion of Crude Oil Export Ban Repeal in Government Funding Package

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) made the following statement upon the release of the Omnibus Appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2016. Congressman Cuellar fought to have a provision included that would repeal the longstanding ban on the export of U.S. crude oil. “The omnibus appropriations package includes a provision I have been advocating for to lift the 1975 prohibition on…

Rep. Cuellar, City Officials Inaugurate U.S./Mexico Air Cargo Federal Customs Facility at Laredo International Airport

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Congressman Henry Cuellar and representatives from the City of Laredo today inaugurated a brand new, state-of-the-art Bi-National Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facility that will serve as a Mexican Customs pre-clearance facility for air cargo in Laredo, Texas, on Thursday, November 12 at the Laredo International Airport.   The FIS facility currently houses both U.S. and Mexican…

Rep. Cuéllar, Ciudad de Laredo Inauguran Instalación Pre-inspección Binacional de Aduanas en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Laredo

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El congresista demócrata por el distrito 28 de Texas, Henry Cuéllar, y representantes de la Ciudad de Laredo, hoy inauguraron la nueva Instalación Federal Binacional para Servicios de Pre-inspección en el aeropuerto internacional de Laredo. La instalación de la aduana mexicana en Laredo, Texas, para la pre-inspección de mercancías americanas con destino a México, es la primera aduana…

KGNS: Laredo International Airport to have first Mexican customs pre-clearance facility in US

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Laredo International Airport to have first Mexican customs pre-clearance facility in US LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - The first Mexican customs pre-clearance facility, opens for operation at the Laredo International Airport. City and state officials are unveiling the facility on Thursday. The Mexican customs facility is unique in that no other airport outside of Mexico is approved by the…

KGNS: Congressman Henry Cuellar rejects Obama's decision on pipeline

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Posted: Wed 7:46 PM, Nov 11, 2015 By: Justin J. Reyes   LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - Congressman Henry Cuellar is speaking out after president Obama's decision to reject the Keystone X-L pipeline. The pipeline was proposed to move oil from Canada, through six U.S. states, ending at refineries along the Texas coast. The president last week denied an application to build the…

WILSON COUNTY NEWS: Cuellar comments on Obama’s veto of Keystone pipeline

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November 11, 2015 U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar made the following statement on President Obama’s recent decision to reject the application for the completion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline after years of consideration. “The Keystone XL is a great opportunity to create thousands of good jobs in a vastly growing energy sector. I greatly disagree with President Obama’s decision to reject…