George P. Kazen, a U.S. district judge for the Laredo division of the Southern District of Texas for nearly 40 years and whose name now bequeaths Laredo’s federal courthouse, has died at age 81.
Kazen was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to this seat on the U.S. district court, and he retired in 2018. He was widely regarded for his genius legal mind and was known as a… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), chairmen of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group, introduced the United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act. This legislation will increase governmental cooperation between the United States and Mexico to reinvigorate tourism in both the United States and Mexico.
“Before the pandemic, tourism… Read more »
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) today introduced The Bipartisan Border Solutions Act, their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to respond to the surge in migrants coming across our southern border. The bill would improve both the Department of Homeland Security’s… Read more »
SAN ANTONIO – The migrant surge has come at a cost to the communities, nonprofits and agencies that have been helping those in their care.
Starting now, they can apply for $110 million in reimbursement funds through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, of Laredo, helped secure the ESFP funding through the American Rescue Plan that goes directly to local… Read more »
A Rio Grande Valley family is reacting after the Biden administration seized their land.
For years, the Cavazos family battled the federal government over part of their land in Mission.
Now, after a Monday ruling, they're getting ready to say goodbye to roughly six-and-a-half acres.
The judgement said that the United States is entitled to immediate possession of the subject… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced that FEMA has begun accepting applications for funeral assistance for Texans who’ve lost loved ones to COVID-19. Congressman Cuellar helped pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan.
Texans who paid for funeral expenses after January 20, 2020, for an individual whose death may have been caused by… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced today that many Texans who receive Veterans’ benefits could expect Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 hit their bank accounts beginning this week. Many Texans have already received Economic Impact Payments as part of the American Rescue Plan that Congressman Cuellar helped pass.
“Help is here, and we want to make sure that… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar announced that nearly $1 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds would be coming to Bexar County within the next 60 days.
Area county, city and school officials gathered April 7 at Windcrest’s Takas Park Civic Center to hear the representative detail the act’s mission, the amounts each entity would receive, and the stipulations attached to its spending.
Cuellar… Read more »
President Joe Biden on Thursday called for new executive actions on gun control and called it an “embarrassment” that the United States is one of the countries most plagued countries with mass shootings. The local party chairs provided opposing views on his actions, while Rep. Henry Cuellar falls somewhere between them.
“I strongly disagree with President Biden’s actions on gun-control,”… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar, a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding request:
“The coronavirus pandemic has exposed serious needs in Texas and across the country. President Biden’s funding request takes important steps to meet these needs and set our nation… Read more »
