Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) took a key step forward in improving customer service at federal agencies. The congressman successfully included language in the recent government funding bill that calls on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to explain to Congress how it will ensure greater performance across the government and better customer service, a goal the… Read more »
VW bungles US trip
By: Alan Katz and Jeff Plungis
Washington - Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller’s visit to the US started with a bungled media interview in Detroit and ended in Washington on Wednesday with only a terse thanks-for-stopping-by message from regulators investigating the cheating scandal set to cost it billions of dollars.
In between, authorities in California, with the… Read more »
Today, Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), Filemon Vela (D-TX-34), and Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX-15) welcomed seven of their House Democratic colleagues to the Rio Grande Valley. Visiting are Brad Ashford of Nebraska, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Jim Costa of California, Gwen Graham of Florida, Kurt Schrader of Oregon, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Mike Thompson of California.
“We welcome… 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 »
Rep. Henry Cuellar Helps Secure Funding for More Immigration Judges
By Michael Marks on Wed, Jan 13, 2016
Rep. Henry Cuellar, the San Antonio Democrat who sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced yesterday that he had helped secure funding for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to help adjudicate the backlog of… Read more »
A needed shift for Central America
January 13, 2016
The $750 million recently appropriated to the Central American countries that make up the Northern Triangle signals a welcome change in how this country deals with a flood of migrants from the region.
The U.S. strategy has been to detain and deport families and minors, though pressure did succeed in forcing the release… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), long a champion of homeownership, announced today that he successfully included language making residents of colonias eligible to participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Self-help Homeownership Program (SHOP). The program will help those who live in communities that lack some of the most basic living necessities,… 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 (D-TX-28) announced today that he had secured funding in the recently passed federal funding bill for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to reduce immigration backlogs. The new judges would be in addition to the over 260 immigration judges already in the 58-court system. This system includes 35 judges in nine courts in Texas.
The congressman originally… Read more »
