U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar announced today a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration for South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. (STRHS). STRHS created a Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program as a pilot project in May 2006 to integrate mental health and primary care services in Frio and Medina Counties,… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar announced today a $10,000 matching grant for the Teatro de Artes de Juan Seguin awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Teatro de Artes will use the grant to support the presentation of the Viva Seguin Conjunto Festival, Noche de Gala and Taller Folklórico de Primavera. The teatro produces cultural programming that connects area audiences with… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar announced today a new financial incentive from the U.S. Army for recruiting college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets to take courses in critical foreign languages, including Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. To qualify for the incentive, cadets would have to commit to entering the Army, the Army Reserve or the Army National Guard as a commissioned… Read more »

U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar returned today from a six-day Congressional Delegation tour to the Middle East where he visited Texas troops and discussed democracy and anti-terrorism initiatives with leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Congressman Cuellar was part of a three-member bi-partisan Texas delegation team that also included Congressmen Gene Green (D-Houston) and Michael… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar issued the following statement today in reaction to the rescue of 15 people held captive by Colombian rebels.  The hostages included three American military contractors taken captive when their surveillance plane went down in 2003. Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes, who were believed to have been held longer than any other U.S. citizens… Read more »

U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar passed an amendment today that would require the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the effectiveness of a national child abuse hotline. Congressman Cuellar’s amendment was included in the Manager’s Amendment in H.R. 5876, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar and South Texas Food Bank Executive Director Alfredo Castillo announced today that the South Texas Food Bank will receive $136,670.48 in conjunction with the 2008 Farm Bill, which oversees the monetary assistance for the nation’s nutrition programs.   It is expected that the total amount of pounds of food the South Texas Food Bank… Read more »

U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar announced today a $4,416,530 grant for the Laredo International Airport. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Aviation Administration.   The grant is divided into two awards: $3.2 million in discretionary funds which will be used to rehabilitate Runaway 14/32 and $1,216,530 in entitlement funds. The entitlement funds… Read more »

Today, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response Chairman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) applauded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for taking steps to support a nationwide emergency alerts and warnings system for State and local partners.  On May… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar presented today more than 250 books from the Library of Congress to the Webb County Larga Vista Community Center. Also present to distribute the books were members of Texas A&M University’s Colonias Housing and Urban Development Department and the Gateway Rotary Club in Laredo, who have officially adopted the library in an effort to promote literacy in the… Read more »