Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statements after the House Committee on Appropriations approved an amendment they offered to the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The legislation provides for critical programs such as border and immigration enforcement, customs activities, protection against cyberterrorism, aviation security,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Los representantes Henry Cuellar (D-TX) y Dan Newhouse (R-WA) dieron a conocer las siguientes declaraciones después de que el Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes aprobara una enmienda que ofrecieron al Acto de Asignaciones de Seguridad Nacional del año fiscal 2019. La legislación estipula programas críticos como el cumplimiento de las leyes fronterizas… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) welcomed Laredo Area Border Patrol Youth of the Year recipient Camila Sanmiguel and her mother Maria de Rosario Sanmiguel during their visit to Washington, D.C., on a trip sponsored by Congressman Cuellar and the Laredo Chamber of Commerce.    The Border Patrol Youth of the Month program recognizes eleven students… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement thanking FEMA for the opening of Disaster Recovery Centers in Hidalgo County: “At a time when American families are in crisis and going through their worst, the professionals at FEMA are at their best. They are the unsung heroes that prepare every day for the unimaginable so that when disaster strikes… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped secure $148 million in the U.S. House of Representative’s fiscal year 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, supporting small businesses and alleviating regulations on small financial institutions. He also secured language supporting local businesses by increasing trade efficiency and funding development… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Last week, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped pass H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017, in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill will benefit rural underserved communities and small businesses through unfunded mandate reform. An unfunded mandate is a statue or regulation that requires a state or local government or private… Read more »

WASHINGTON- La semana pasada, el Congresista Henry Cuellar (TX-28) ayudó a aprobar la ley H.R. 50, Ley de Información y Transparencia de Mandatos Sin Fondos (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act) del 2017, en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos. Este proyecto de ley beneficiará a comunidades rurales y pequeñas empresas a través de una reforma de mandatos no… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement today on President Trump’s meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki: “The U.S. intelligence community has clearly concluded that Russia engaged in state-sponsored interference with the U.S. 2016 Presidential election. It is troubling that our President sees an equivalency between the… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) included language in the fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill markup addressing issues pertaining to immigrant family separations and unaccompanied immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. He secured the following provisions: one that would allow the Department of Health… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped include over $1.5 billion in the U.S. House of Representative’s fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to expand education programs for low-income students and Hispanic student populations. Specifically, this bill provides funding for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness… Read more »