December 18 09:13 2015 McALLEN, RGV – The Fiscal Year 2016 government funding bill includes more than $897 million worth of support for Mexico and Central America, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has announced. The Laredo Democrat had been pushing for this funding, along with U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. Cuellar… Read more »

Reps. Barton (R-TX) and Cuellar (D-TX) commend the House for passing H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes lifting the ban on crude oil exports. Barton and Cuellar have worked in a bipartisan and bicameral capacity to carry this crucial policy fix across the finish line. At a time when legislators so rarely cross the aisle figuratively or the floor of the Capitol… Read more »

Reps. Barton (R-TX) and Cuellar (D-TX) commend the House for passing H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes lifting the ban on crude oil exports. Barton and Cuellar have worked in a bipartisan and bicameral capacity to carry this crucial policy fix across the finish line. At a time when legislators so rarely cross the aisle figuratively or the floor of the Capitol… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he had worked with representatives from other citrus-growing regions, including California and Florida, to secure $5.5 million in additional federal funding in the proposed government funding package to tackle citrus greening disease and aid the citrus industry in Texas, Florida and California. The funding will come in a combination of a… Read more »

The recently passed omnibus appropriations bill provides $210 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and $55 million for Operation Stonegarden grants Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of $265 million in the federal government funding package to assist states and localities that incur costs for incarcerating undocumented criminals and assist with… Read more »

Local law enforcement entities will soon be getting some much needed financial help from the federal government for housing undocumented immigrants. The bill will make available a total of 265-million dollars to reimburse counties for the money they use in holding undocumented immigrants in county jails. In a statement released by Congressman Henry Cuellar, he says "while immigration is… Read more »

Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the inclusion of $265 million in the federal government funding package to assist states and localities that incur costs for incarcerating undocumented criminals and assist with border security. “The omnibus appropriations act which provides government funding through September 2016 includes $210 million for the State Criminal Alien… Read more »

Congreso de EU da 8.5 mdd a México para rubro militar y entrenamiento castrense El Congreso de Estados Unidos aprobó hoy la iniciativa general de gastos, que incluyó 900 millones de dólares en apoyo a México y Centroamérica, a fin de respaldar la lucha antidrogas y las causas de la migración, respectivamente. Con una votación de 316 votos a favor y 113 en contra, el proyecto fue primero… Read more »

Congress has agreed up drop the crude oil export ban, but experts say we should not expect the price at the pump to go down any further. "Right now, there is such an oversupply worldwide, I don’t think there is going to be a demand for U.S. oil exports," Bud Weinstein at SMU's Maguire Energy Institute tells Newsradio 1200 WOAI. Long term, what it does, he thinks is cement the… Read more »

After years of legislative gridlock on energy policy, Congress is on the verge of approving a historic compromise giving both parties key wins in what has become a ceaseless war of attrition between fossil fuels and renewable interests. The blockbuster omnibus and tax package that could be signed into law as early as this weekend would repeal the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports,… Read more »