Improvements announced for Laredo Port of Entry LAREDO, Texas (AP) - A South Texas border crossing will be getting a nearly $62 million upgrade. Federal and local officials on Tuesday announced plans to overhaul the Laredo Port of Entry that links Texas and Mexico. Congress has allocated funds for expansion and modernization of two of the four ports of entry at Laredo. The projects… Read more »

Officials announce upgrades for two bridges By Aldo Amato Laredo Morning Times Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:44 PM CST U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and federal officials announced Tuesday a multi-million dollar improvement plan for two of Laredo’s busiest international bridges. Cuellar was joined by Dan Tangherlini, administrator for the General Services Administration,… Read more »

Congresista Cuellar Pide Apoyo al Presidente de los Estados Unidos   El Congresista Federal por el Distrito 28, Henry Cuéllar,  insistió al Presidente Barack Obama para aprobar los planes para la construcción del oleoducto Keystone que correría desde Canadá hasta Texas. El oleoducto se había retrasado debido a múltiples preocupaciones ambientales, sin embargo el estudio de… Read more »

Improvements planned for Laredo Port of Entry Posted: Feb 18, 2014 1:07 AM ESTUpdated: Feb 18, 2014 6:39 AM EST LAREDO, Texas (AP) - A South Texas border crossing will be getting an upgrade. Federal and local officials on Tuesday are scheduled to announce funding and plans for improvements to the Laredo Port of Entry. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and… Read more »

Funds Will Boost Traffic at Laredo International Bridges After years of beefing up border security, the Department of Homeland Security will be in Laredo today to announce $62 million in improvements to improve the operations of the international bridges to smooth commerce between the U.S. and Mexico, 1200 WOAI news reports.   The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and the… Read more »

Your Tuesday Cheat Sheet 2-18-14 BY JAMES WARREN Is Bill Murray coming to the White House? The president returns from a weekend of mostly golf in California (and spending time with King Abdullah II of Jordan) and hosts the cast of “The Monuments Men,” in theory including Murray, George Clooney and John Goodman. How great a job is President? You just don’t get a movie via Netflix and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) announced that the Spanish language Healthcare.gov website, CuidadodeSalud.gov, has formally launched and reminded constituents that the deadline of open enrollment for new healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act as March 31, 2014.  In January, 90,000 Texans enrolled in a healthcare plan as part of the new health insurance… Read more »

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Cuellar Wants Fed. To Stop Paying Millions to Dead People         Nation Congressman Henry Cuellar recently co-sponsored the Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement (IPACE) Act which aims to improve the accuracy of government death records as well as the access federal agencies have to the master death list, according to a recent press release. This… Read more »

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