Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $27,685,179 in federal funds to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). These funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Labor Dislocated Worker Grants, will be used to address workforce-related impacts of COVID-19.
“This pandemic has had devastating effects on businesses and their employees,” said Congressman Henry Cuellar. “Many… Read more »
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo’s congressman weighed in on Trump’s diagnosis of COVID, saying since the announcement was made White House officials have become a bit more open to working on a relief bill.
Congressman Henry Cuellar said on Monday that the house has been ready since this past May in delivering another COVID stimulus package, but both the senate and the White House had… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn led a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at our southern ports of entry and demanding a plan to restore normal operations. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ, along with U.S. Representatives Will Hurd (TX-23), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15),… Read more »
A bipartisan push is being made appealing for the federal government to reopen the international bridges Laredo shares with Nuevo Laredo and Colombia, Nuevo Leon to Mexican tourists.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn led a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at the southern ports… Read more »
In late September, the Rio Grande Valley hardly looks short on water. Sugarcane fields are electric green against a mottled gray sky, threatening a downpour. Orange groves are heavy with fruit. At Mike England’s five-thousand-acre farm in Mercedes, about twenty miles east of McAllen, Brahman cattle lumber through muddy paddocks.
But even when rain leaves the Valley lush, England says,… Read more »
East Central, Randolph Field, Judson and North East independent school districts will receive more than $30.6 million in combined federal funding.
The funds are being allocated by the Department of Education based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The act aims to provide financial assistance to school districts for services to improve teaching and learning for children at… Read more »
WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $30,616,169 in federal funds from the Department of Education for East Central, Randolph Field, Judson and North East Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the… Read more »
WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $37,881,283 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Mission Consolidated, La Joya and Sharyland Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and… Read more »
WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $1,223,092 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Floresville, La Vernia and Poth Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the teaching and learning of… Read more »
WASHINGTON– Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $2,517,879 in federal funds from the Department of Education for Jourdanton, Charlotte, Lytle, Pleasanton and Poteet Independent School Districts. The federal funds authorized under Title I Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provide financial assistance to school districts for services that improve the… Read more »
