Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28), the only Democrat appointed to the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from Texas, New Mexico or Arizona, announced today that he received appointments to the Subcommittee for Homeland Security and the Subcommittee for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the 114th Congress.
“Our nation’s transportation… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) issued the following statement in reaction to the State of the Union address, delivered by President Obama this evening.
“Tonight, I sat in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives with an open mind, not listening for Democratic or Republican talking points, but instead listening for Texas values and ideas that will continue to move our… Read more »
January 19, 2015
Christian vonPreysing
A deadline looms and debate continues over the a bill in Washington that keeps federal border agents employed.
Just days ago the house passed that homeland appropriations bill.
That's what funds the Department of Homeland Security, and keeps border patrol agents as well as CBP on the payroll.
Lawmakers have until February… Read more »
KGNS: Homeland Appropriations Bill goes to Senate (video)
January 19, 2015
By Christian von Preysing
A deadline looms and debate continues over the a bill in Washington that keeps federal border agents employed.
Just days ago the house passed that homeland appropriations bill.
That's what funds the Department of Homeland Security, and keeps border patrol agents as well as CBP on the… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a Homeland Security funding bill, including specific language added by Congressman Henry Cuellar. Cuellar’s additions include a call for a review of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer training to ensure professionalism, and the addition of a provision which makes costs of providing care, transportation, and humanitarian relief to… Read more »
January 18
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by Steve Taylor
WESLACO, RGV – U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has given his take on the decision by House Republicans last week to link President Obama’s executive orders on immigration to homeland security funding.
In an exclusive interview with the Rio Grande Guardian, the Laredo Democrat says he believes that, at the end of the day, there will be a “clean”… Read more »
Ben Kamisar
January 18, 2014
Race relations have been central to political debates in recent months, from the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police officers in New York and Missouri to the recent revelation that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke to a white supremacist group back in 2002.
The additional detail that Scalise also once voted… Read more »
January 15, 2015
By Myra Arthur
SAN ANTONIO - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Dist. 28) said Thursday that improvements have been made along the U.S., Mexico border.
“We still have work to do,” Cuellar said. “But if you look the number of people coming across, overall we have the lowest number we've seen in 20 years.”
On Wednesday, a bill passed in the U.S. House… Read more »
Redundarán en acciones humanitarias del turismo internacional y la seguridad de las fronteras
WASHINGTON , DC.- La Cámara de Representantes de EU; aprobó una Ley que otorga fondos para actividades y programas del departamento de Seguridad Interna, incluyendo consideraciones específicas añadidas por el congresista Henry Cuellar. Las adiciones de Cuellar incluyen… Read more »
Congressman Cuellar today announced that he will host Maribel Urbina, an 8th grade teacher at Mirabeau B. Lamar middle school in Laredo, Texas, as his personal guest to the President's State of the Union address on Jan. 20. Read more »
