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REP. CUELLAR: AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS AVAILABLE BEGINNING MONDAY

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Congressman Cuellar (TX-28) announced that restaurants in South Texas will be able to apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3, at 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 AM CT. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal beginning Friday, April 30 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The…

KENS 5: Advocates: High migrant-expulsion rate creating new tent cities

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border is a place where hope clashes with reality.  Felicia Rangel-Samponaro sees that clash every day by the very nature of her job as one of the directors of The Sidewalk School for Asylum Seekers. “We are actually a rapid-response organization, which means we feed people, we house people, we give clothing, blankets, tents,…

LAREDO MORNING TIMES: Former federal judge George P. Kazen dies

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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…

Reps. Cuellar and McCaul Introduce Legislation Promoting Tourism Between the U.S. and Mexico

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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…

Cornyn, Sinema, Cuellar, Gonzales Introduce The Bipartisan Border Solutions Act to Address Migrant Influx at Border

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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…

KSAT 12: Funds available for nonprofits, agencies to be reimbursed for cost of migrant surge

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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…

KRGV: Mission family loses land over border wall ruling

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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…

Rep. Cuellar Announces Funeral Assistance for Texans Who’ve Lost Loved Ones to COVID-19

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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…

Rep. Cuellar Announces that Veterans are to Receive $1,400 Payments from American Rescue Plan Beginning this Week

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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…

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS: Bexar County set to receive nearly $1 billion in rescue act funds

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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…