After decades of forbidding foreign law enforcement officers from carrying weapons on Mexican soil, the Mexican government is on the verge of allowing U.S. agents to carry guns in places where they help speed the flow of goods between the two countries. Texas lawmakers are celebrating the move as a significant step toward increasing trade, and say Mexico is also expected to… Read more »

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Regarding recent coverage of the debate in Congress over Trade Promotion Authority: Republican Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz should be applauded for their support of TPA and future trade agreements, which will help made-in-Texas products better compete overseas. Passage of TPA is necessary to move forward on new trade deals that will tear down the high-tariff barriers our… Read more »

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La oficina del Congresista Henry Cuellar envío tres fotografías exclusivas por las cuales se puede ver el daño que causaron las balas que le dispararon a un helicóptero del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional el pasado viernes.   VIDEO: http://www.kldotv.com/2015/06/09/congresista-cuellar-reacciona-ante-disparos-a-helicoptero/ Read more »

— It took a fight between the president of the United States and the nation’s labor unions to put beleaguered U.S. House Democrats in a position of power on Capitol Hill. But it’s a fight hardly anyone, including a handful of Texans, want any part of.   Over the next six months, President Obama will attempt to push through Congress the largest trade deal in American history. The… Read more »

It took a fight between the president of the United States and the nation's labor unions to put beleaguered U.S. House Democrats in a position of power on Capitol Hill. But it’s a fight hardly anyone, including a handful of Texans, want any part of. Over the next six months, President Obama will attempt to push through Congress the largest trade deal in American history.… Read more »

It's not every day that you find a monkey on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, Crystal the monkey, featured in "The Hangover," "Night at the Museum" and 22 other feature films, joined lawmakers, as well as animal and human celebrities, to launch the Caucus for the Humane Bond. The new caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), will address the connections… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar has issued the following statement regarding news that Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., has been awarded a $34 million budget ceiling increase by the U.S. Air Force to a previously-awarded contract for the Personnel Services Delivery Transformation (PSDT) at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas: "This $34 million budget ceiling increase will be used to support the… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) today received the Soaring Eagle Award from Texas Alliance For Patient Access, Texas Medical Liability Trust and Texas Medical Association for his work to fix the broken Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system.  Cuellar played a pivotal role in getting and keeping standard of care language in HR 2, commonly referred to as the ‘Doc Fix’. Cuellar’s… Read more »