Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, the live, national, call-in program, will air live next week from Laredo on June 1 and 2 at his invitation. Immigration and trade will be the topics of discussion for the featured guests, which include a live interview with Congressman Cuellar and host Greta Brawner as well as a taped interview with… Read more »

Clinton broadens money network as Trump gets started Hillary Clinton is expanding the ranks of her money operation to people new to major Democratic Party fundraising, even as Donald Trump struggles to get the established Republican donor class on board. Since the beginning of 2016, Clinton's campaign added 125 major fundraisers to its list of "Hillblazers," supporters who… Read more »

More Religious Freedom Fights in House This Week Last week’s religious liberty battles that began on military and veterans legislation spilled over onto another bill on the floor of the House of Representatives this week. Having lost by one vote last Thursday, Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.) came back again with a measure supporting President Obama’s executive order in 2014 that required… Read more »

Chacon Creek rehab eyed Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved language in H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 to authorize a feasibility study on rehabilitating Chacon Creek in Laredo. The committee unanimously approved this legislation Wednesday. The language provides for a study on the… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of language in the Fiscal Year 2017 U.S. House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill that encourages the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and local public housing authorities to reduce the number of residents who exceed the maximum income… Read more »

Cuban migrants scramble to claim special status in US Panama has been flying hundreds of Cuban migrants to Mexico, dropping them off close to the U.S. border so they can cross into America. The flights, expected to finish this month, are part of a deal with the Mexican government to relieve a backlog of migrants. Panama is the latest of several Central American countries to close its… Read more »

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Funding for new courthouse clears last hurdle Funding for a new federal courthouse in San Antonio cleared a final congressional hurdle Wednesday. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a project prospectus for the new courthouse, according to announcements by U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and others in Bexar County’s… Read more »

Apoya Henry Cuellar a veteranos El congresista busca gestionar mejores viviendas y transporte, así como vales LAREDO, TEXAS. [LÍDER INFORMATIVO].- Esta semana el Henry Cuellar, congresista de Texas, volvió alzar la voz en pro de los veteranos del condado de Webb y de la Ciudad de Laredo, manifestando las serias carencias que se viven en el sur de Texas, así como en todo el… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he included language in the Fiscal Year 2017 U.S. House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (THUD) bill that will encourage participation from city and county governments in the selection of Coordinated Border Infrastructure (CBI) projects, or those designed to alleviate congestion caused by… Read more »