Today, U.S. Congressmen Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (D-TX-28) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) announced $315,809 in federal funds to improve school safety at Lytle Independent School District (Lytle ISD). The funds, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) School Violence Prevention Program, will be used for a variety of evidence-based school safety… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced $498,739 in federal funds to improve school safety at Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (RGCGISD), formerly known as Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District. The funds, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) School Violence Prevention Program,… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) introduced the Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives Establishment Act of 2023. The legislation creates an Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to better focus on addressing the… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (D-TX-28), U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23), and the San Antonio Congressional Delegation announced $6,319,726 in federal funds to hire police officers and improve law enforcement mental health in San Antonio. The funds were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Hiring Program and the… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced $1,875,000 in federal funds to hire police officers in Laredo. The funds, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Hiring Program, will be used to hire 15 officers.
“The COPS Hiring Program provides our local law enforcement agencies with the resources they need to protect our… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) hosted a webinar on funding opportunities for street infrastructure. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) discussed a wide range of current and future funding opportunities for eligible entities. These opportunities were made possible by the Bipartisan… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced a Tech Hubs Strategy Development Grant to strengthen cybersecurity and secure manufacturing in San Antonio. The funding will be awarded to the Secure Manufacturing in South Texas Strategy Development Consortium, led by the University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The award… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) commended the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for identifying and returning Army Sergeant Cresenciano Garcia, Jr., to Laredo. Sergeant Garcia, Jr., of Laredo died as a prisoner of war in 1951 during the Korean War and was accounted for on April 25, 2023, by DPAA. He was buried in Laredo on October 14, 2023.
“Sergeant… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), Co-Chair of the Congressional Colombia Caucus, released the following statement regarding recent comments by Colombian President Gustavo Petro:
“I condemn President Petro’s recent remarks about Israel in the strongest possible terms. The President’s refusal to condemn Hamas after Saturday’s barbaric attack is shameful enough, but his… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) released the following update on U.S. citizens in Israel amid the Israel/Hamas conflict:
“I have personally spoken with the last remaining group of Laredoans who were stuck in Israel. I am glad to say they are safe and just landed in Qatar. Since we first learned that our folks were in Israel when conflict broke out, my office and I… Read more »
