Noem visits Egypt for ISIS talks 605 POLITICS Dana Ferguson, dferguson@argusleader.com10:52 a.m. CDT October 12, 2015 Rep. Kristi Noem was among a handful of bipartisan legislators to travel overseas last month to tackle issues of national security. In a six-day trip to Egypt, Greece and Germany, Noem met with terrorism and international security experts as well as foreign… Read more »

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015 - 11:35AM Rep. Lamar Smith, R.-Texas, chairman of the Committee On Science, Space & Technology in the House of Representatives, received the Congressman of the Year award from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (Alliance), the oil and natural gas trade association said Oct. 12. “Chairman Smith has been a tireless worker for sound energy policy as… Read more »

Oct 12, 2015, 2:34pm CDT Updated Oct 12, 2015, 3:19pm CDT INDUSTRIES & TAGS Sergio ChapaReporterSan Antonio Business Journal The 261-159 vote for a bill that would lift the federal ban on exporting crude oil went along party lines but six Texas congressional Democrats broke ranks to vote infavor of the controversial legislation. Authored by Congressman Joe Barton,… Read more »

By Denelle Confair | dconfair@kveo.com Published 10/09 2015 04:25PM Updated 10/12 2015 09:09AM BROWNSVILLE, Texas  Being a border town, Brownsville and McAllen might be a city you expect to find the highest amount of crimes in. Congressman Henry Cuellar announced on Friday  the latest FBI crime statistics for the Texas border region. It reports McAllen and… Read more »

Latest FBI report shows Border Cities to be safe McALLEN, RGV – If one measures the security of a community by the numbers of murders and robberies, the Texas-Mexico border region continues to be safe. Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday released a compilation of the latest crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said the statistics undercut the perception many… Read more »

Today Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and Joe Barton (R-TX-6) commended their colleagues on the bipartisan House floor vote to end the ban on crude oil exports. Cuellar and Barton introduced this legislation in February of this year. The bill passed 261-159, with 26 Democrats voting in favor. The United States is now one of the world’s leading energy producers, but our economy is… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) released a compilation of the latest statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that show a lower murder rate in cities along the Texas-Mexico border than in other major cities across the nation and the State of Texas. The numbers are from 2014. The FBI crime rates also show that the number of robberies, assaults, and rapes are… Read more »

El día de hoy el congresista Henry Cuéllar por el distrito 28 de Texas publicó una recopilación de las últimas estadísticas de la Oficina Federal de Investigación (FBI por sus siglas en inglés) que muestran que hay una tasa de homicidios más baja en las ciudades ubicadas en la frontera de México-Estados Unidos, que en otras de las grandes ciudades de toda la nación y el estado de… Read more »

Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2015 6:36 pm STAFF REPORT FBI statistics showed cities along the Texas-Mexico border have a lower murder rate than other major cities in the U.S., according to a news release from Congressman Henry Cuellar’s office. U.S. Rep. Cuellar, D-Laredo, released on Thursday evening a compilation of the 2014 statistics from officials at the Federal Bureau of… Read more »

by Abby Livingston Oct. 7, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it "strongly opposes" a repeal of the crude oil export ban, an issue many Texans are trying to push through Congress.  Citing environmental concerns, the administration issued a statement on the legislation, H.R. 702, saying that if the president "were presented with H.R.… Read more »