For a few days last spring, Amy Guadiar was able to take her mind off the shoppers from Mexico her store has been missing since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the borderland. The government’s one-time stimulus checks, issued in April, briefly brought shoppers from El Paso back to Contigo, a downtown El Paso garment store that’s suffered financially since the Trump administration closed… Read more »

With necessity being the mother of invention, the fifth edition of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Laredo adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid event Saturday featuring a virtual opening ceremony, a drive-through Promise Garden hosted at Texas A&M International University and participants walking remotely while sharing the experience through an app and social media. “The walk… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, announced this week $59,004 in federal funding for the Laredo Police Department. Cuellar said that these funds, which are allocated through the Department of Justice’s Byrne Justice Assistance Grants, will be used to ensure law enforcement has the tools, programs, personnel and resources necessary to protect and serve the region. “When it comes to… Read more »

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in the case of House of Representatives v. Steve Mnuchin, et al. that the House has standing to pursue its litigation against the Trump Administration’s attempt to transfer appropriated funds to build a wall on the southern border: “The… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in the case of House of Representatives v. Steve Mnuchin, et al. that the House has standing to pursue its litigation against the Trump Administration’s attempt to transfer appropriated funds to build a wall on the southern border: “The… Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar announced Wednesday with TAMIU that the university would receive $435,020 in federal funds for their work in studying gang violence in New Jersey. According to Cuellar, the funding will allow TAMIU professors along with graduate and undergraduate researchers to participate in the study of the dynamics of guns and gang violence, which is expected to help inform policy… Read more »

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Laredo, TX—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $435,020 in federal funds to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). This funding, awarded through the National Institute of Justice’s Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence grant program, will be used to map the networks of gang violence in New Jersey and investigate the role of firearm violence… Read more »

Washington, D.C.—This week, the United States is celebrating its longstanding history of supporting small businesses and entrepreneurship through National Small Business Week. To mark the occasion, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) pays tribute to the vital role that small businesses in serving the American economy. “I stand with small businesses in South Texas and across the county as… Read more »

MISSION, Texas – Killam Development’s real estate manager believes the much-anticipated Shary Village Industrial Park in Mission is now on the fast track. Rolando Ortiz participated in a webinar hosted by Congressman Henry Cuellar last week. During the webinar, Cuellar announced $3 million in federal funding for Mission Economic Development Corporation. Cuellar said these funds will… Read more »