Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court judge ruled to invalidate the DACA initiative and halt the approval of new applications:
“This weekend’s ruling is against the law. In my home state of Texas over 120,640 young people, who have known no other country, have benefited from the DACA program. Of those, over… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced the much-anticipated Child Tax Credit (CTC): a lifeline to middle class families, which is estimated to cut child poverty in half. Nearly 95% of children in TX-28 will gain from the expanded Child Tax Credit, totaling 231,000 children. Additionally, 9,800 children will be lifted out of deep poverty.
The expanded Child… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) secured $115.8 million for Recruit Housing & Training Facilities, a Military Ambulatory Care Center, and F-16 Mission Training Center at the Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) in the fiscal year 2022 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCONVA) Appropriations bill. This funding, an increase of nearly… Read more »
Laredo, TX—Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement in response to the boil water notice in Laredo:
“I have been in close contact with Mayor Saenz and City Manager, Robert Eads, to discuss the ongoing boil water notice. Additionally, my team has been in communication with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas National Guard,… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) introduced the Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act. This bicameral and bipartisan legislation clarifies the responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide additional protections, keep better track, and care for… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $3,999,933 in federal funding to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD). These funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) initiative, will be used over the next two-years to identify and implement best practices for improving health… Read more »
Laredo, TX—Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement in response to the boil water notice in Laredo:
“I have been in close contact with Mayor Saenz and City Manager, Robert Eads, to discuss the ongoing boil water notice. Additionally, my team has been in communication with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas National… Read more »
(CNN)A group of mayors recently pressed US immigration officials on Covid-19-related travel restrictions that remain in effect and threaten to further hurt their local economies. The question on their minds: Why has cross-border travel, which has been suspended for more than a year, not been allowed to resume?
Officials didn't have an answer.
"If the government does not want to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The governor-elect of Nuevo León says developing a high-speed passenger train between San Antonio and Monterrey will help improve security for border crossers.
Samuel Garcia Sepulveda was in Washington, D.C., this week to develop partnerships and find funding sources for mobility projects. The trip was coordinated with the help of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo.
In… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) voted in favor of the fiscal year 2022 Financial Services and General Government funding bill. The bill passed on a 33 to 24 vote.
For fiscal year 2022, the bill includes $29.1 billion in funding, an increase of $4.8 billion over 2021. The funding bill includes many of Congressman Cuellar’s legislative priorities for the constituents… Read more »
