4 de Noviembre de 2015 Congressman Henry Cuellar recently condemned the continued long wait times for veterans seeking health care at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. More than a year after news first broke of deaths caused by long waits for care at the Phoenix, Arizona, Veterans Health Administration facilities, veterans in the San Antonio region are still… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement in response to the continued surge of children and families coming across the U.S.-Mexico border: “Over the past year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a 42 percent decrease in apprehensions of unaccompanied children and families along the border. According to CBP, the total number of… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement on the need to confirm a new ambassador to Mexico: “As the representative for a  region that shares a long border with Mexico, I understand the need to fill a gap in the ambassadorship to Mexico,” Congressman Cuellar said. “I support President Barack Obama’s nomination of Roberta Jacobson as the next such… Read more »

By Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON Un grupo de 28 congresistas demócratas y republicanos pidió a ambas bancadas del Senado someter a voto cuanto antes la postulación de Roberta Jacobson como embajadora en México. "Les pedimos que no se demoren en traer la postulación de Jacobson al pleno del Senado", reza una carta del 23 de octubre dirigida al presidente del Senado,… Read more »

by Abby Livingston Nov. 1, 2015   WASHINGTON — Members of Texas' congressional delegation are making their support for presidential candidates known — in thousand-dollar increments from their own campaign accounts.  On the Democratic side, U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Al Green and Gene Greenof Houston, and Ruben… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced the opening of a health insurance enrollment assistance center in McAllen that will help individuals and families review their health coverage options, find out whether they qualify for financial assistance and sign up or re-enroll in a plan that meets their needs. The center will offer in-person enrollment assistance from now through… Read more »

Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement on the election of Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI-1): “I congratulate Congressman Ryan on his election as speaker of the United States House of Representatives,” Congressman Cuellar said. “What I have always wanted to see in a speaker is someone who can work across the aisle and who can bring about some level of constructive… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) condemned the continued long wait times for veterans seeking health care at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. More than a year after news first broke of deaths caused by long waits for care at the Phoenix, Arizona, Veterans Health Administration facilities, veterans in the San Antonio region are still waiting… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement on the budget agreement reached between the White House and Congressional leaders, averting until 2017 another debt limit fight and setting funding levels for the next two years: “Last night a federal budget deal was reached between U.S. House and Senate leaders as well as the Obama administration. I am encouraged… Read more »

The final figures are in, and the number of unaccompanied children and families with children who arrived illegally in Texas in the summer of 2015 was down 42% over last summer, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.   U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo), whose district includes much of the area where the flood of mainly Central American refugees arrived in Texas last summer, says he is… Read more »