Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted in support of the landmark health care reform plan, H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill will expand coverage to 5.9 million uninsured Texans, including 1.4 million children and 202,500 uninsured individuals in the 28th Congressional District. The legislation also makes unprecedented investments in Medicare, provides affordability credits for small businesses and bars insurance companies from discriminating against individuals with pre-existing conditions or illnesses. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement in advance of a pending House vote on H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, today released a letter signed by the Congressional Border Caucus urging Senate leaders to swiftly confirm the President’s nominee to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the wake of escalated Southern Border violence and the thwarted terrorist attack on Christmas Day Flight 253.
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade, State Senator Eddie Lucio, Mission Mayor Norberto “Beto” Salinas, McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez, La Joya Mayor Billy Leo, Granjeno Mayor Vicente Garza, state and local officials, representatives from the Census, community advocates and local media, today advocated for the 2010 Census and encouraged all Hidalgo County residents to make themselves count by completing and mailing their Census forms by April 1, 2010. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) is one of the leading centrist members of Congress according to an in-depth report released by National Journal, a leading source of non-partisan reporting on nationwide politics and policy. The report analyzed how all 535 members of the House and Senate voted on key economic, social and foreign-policy issues during 2009. Read more »
Today, members of the San Antonio Congressional Delegation, including Congressmen Henry Cuellar, Charles Gonzalez and Ciro Rodriguez, joined Census and local officials to encourage San Antonio residents to make themselves count with the 2010 Census by completing and mailing back their forms by April 1, 2010. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today helped pass a jobs package in the House that includes $13 billion worth of tax breaks for businesses to hire unemployed workers, plus a payroll tax holiday and increased tax write-offs for the nation’s small businesses. The package aims to help stabilize America’s small businesses while creating tax incentives to hire new workers. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today joined his colleagues in the fiscally-conservative Blue Dog Coalition to introduce legislation that would require the federal government to pay down the national debt and balance the nation’s budget by 2020. The Blue Dog “Balanced Budget Amendment” is a key component of the Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform, a comprehensive plan to immediately begin reducing the deficit by adhering to sound fiscal policies now and in the future. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today recognized the 9th Annual Read Across America Day, an annual reading motivation and awareness program to celebrate reading and literacy on March 2, the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss. The National Education Association supports the program and expects over 45 million children and adults to participate today. Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), founding member of the Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus and U.S. Representative to the nation’s sixth largest trade port in Laredo, Texas, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s trade policy agenda released today. Read more »
