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Congressman Henry Cuellar Brings Washington D.C. to Pleasanton for Small Business Videoconference

| Posted in Press Release

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) hosted a small business videoconference across four cities in his congressional district, in which more than 60 participants gained insightful knowledge of the latest tools and resources available to submit a successful grant application. The Pleasanton event was held at Coastal Bend College. Congressman Cuellar and representatives from the Small Busines... Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar Brings Washington D.C. to San Antonio for Small Business Videoconference

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) hosted a small business videoconference across four cities in his congressional district, in which more than 60 participants gained insightful knowledge of the latest tools and resources available to submit a successful grant application. The San Antonio event was held at Northeast Lakeview College in Universal City. Congressman Cuellar and representativ... Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar Brings Washington D.C. to Laredo for Small Business Videoconference

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) hosted a small business videoconference across four cities in his congressional district, in which more than 60 participants gained insightful knowledge of the latest tools and resources available to submit a successful grant application. The Laredo event was held at Texas A&M International University. Congressman Cuellar and representatives from the Sma... Read more »

Rep. Cuellar poised to fight for CBP

| Posted in Press Release

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced that he plans to focus all his efforts and attention on stopping furloughs at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—as a result of budget cuts provoked by sequestration. The harmful automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester, have impacted CBP significantly. Nearly $600 million dollars in cuts to the federal border protection agency’s budget ha... Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar to offer Video-Conference for Texas with SBA, USDA, and the Economic Development Administration

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo), together with the Small Business Administration, the Economic Development Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will host a small business videoconference in four cities across his congressional district on Wednesday, May 22, from 12:30p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CST. The purpose of the video-conference is to provide additional information to organizat... Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar meets with Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan

| Posted in Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) met with Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States to discuss issues related to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Last month, Congressman Cuellar, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, co-signed a letter to the Chairwoman of the Committee’s Sub-Committee on State, Foreign Operations, and ... Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar and City of Jourdanton announce $180k for Fire Departments

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Congressman Henry Cuellar, (D-TX28) along with the City of Jourdanton Mayor Netardus announced $180,500 in grant funds to the two cities Volunteer Fire Departments. “The men and women of the Jourdanton Volunteer Fire Department perform selfless acts of courage to protect and serve our community,” Congressman Cuellar said. “These funds will help keep our community safe by providing appropriate equi... Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar and City of Pleasanton announce $79k for Fire Departments

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Congressman Henry Cuellar, (D-TX28) along with the City of Pleasanton Mayor Powell announced over $79,800 in grant funds to the two cities Volunteer Fire Departments. “The men and women of the Pleasanton Volunteer Fire Department perform selfless acts of courage to protect and serve our community,” Congressman Cuellar said. “These funds will help keep our community safe by providing appropriate eq... Read more »

U.S. should recognize Mexico's economic value

| Posted in Op-Eds

I met Enrique Peña Nieto in May 2011, during his introduction visit to Washington, D.C. Then governor of the state of Mexico, Peña Nieto was a rising star in Mexican politics and clearly had a bright future ahead of him. The following two years, after multiple trips between Mexico and Washington, including stops to places such as Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and an invitation to his presidential... Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar hosts Telephone Town Hall with South Texas

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) joined residents from Atascosa, Bexar, Hidalgo, La Salle, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata counties for a Telephone Town Hall. The Congressman hosted the event to facilitate a question and answer session with people throughout the district about issues facing their community, particularly matters related to Social Security and Medicare. Sylvia Serrano, D... Read more »