Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement in response to recent news that apprehensions of unaccompanied children and families along the border have decreased by 42 percent in the last year: “While I am certainly happy to see that the number of unaccompanied children and families from Central America has decreased by 42 percent over the past year, we need… Read more »

Clinton Set to Answer Tough Questions Hillary Clinton readies to testify in front of the House Benghazi Committee on Thursday. “I think we’re going to see Hillary Clinton being very cautious,” Rice University’s Mark Jones said. And he thinks Clinton will try to not give Republicans any ammunition against her and prove “that she herself did nothing wrong nor did the government do… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued an alert for U.S. citizens caught in the path of Category 5 Hurricane Patricia bearing down on the west coast of Mexico. The storm, classified as the strongest ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, is expected to make landfall on the coast of the state of Jalisco later today. Mexican authorities have declared a state of emergency and… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) signed on as a co-sponsor of Congresswoman Dina Titus’ (D-NV-1) H.R. 3696, the Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015. The legislation will help prevent an increase in Medicare premiums. Next year nearly 8 million Medicare enrollees are faced with a much as a 52 percent premium hike, the largest in the program’s history. A premium raise of this… Read more »

SCAN opens new facility After years of migrating from different office spaces, Serving Children and Adults in Need, a local social services organization, established roots in its brand new, permanent home. The grand opening of SCAN’s new 14,000-square-foot facility Monday was attended by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, city and county officials as well as the organization’s zealous… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) attended and made remarks at the announcement of a $975,000 grant awarded to the Webb County 406th District Court by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will be paid out over three years and will help the court continue and expand its Drug Court Program, which allows it to offer treatment to those who… Read more »

US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BACKS LIFTING OIL EXPORT BAN The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has publicly backed bill H.R. 702, proposing to lift the ban on US crude oil exports in light of “changing crude oil market conditions.” The bill, which passed through the House of Representatives by 261-159 votes, must now pass before the Senate and the President Barack Obama before it can become… Read more »

Trip by Cotton put at $36,000 Lobbying group’s charity arm foots bill for tour of Israel WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's recent trip to Israel with his wife was the third most expensive privately financed trip a member of Congress has taken in the past 15 years, according to Legistorm. The political news service reported that the $36,000 week-long trip sponsored by the American… Read more »

Moderates and Democrats say a ‘coalition’ House speaker could end stalemate AUSTIN, Tex. — Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), the unofficial spokesman for moderation within his party, has said for days that the Republicans might well need Democrats to bail them out of their leadership crisis. Last week, he floated the idea of "a bipartisan coalition to elect the next speaker." This… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and the city of Laredo welcomed Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) for a tour of the World Trade Bridge as well as the Laredo airport and other parts of the city. Congressman Cuellar invited Congressman Diaz-Balart to Laredo to see and learn about the World Trade Bridge in his capacity as chair of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee… Read more »