Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) expressed his support for the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that South Texas will not suffer post office closures.  Previously, the USPS had announced that it would close many of its smallest post offices, including the eleven post offices in Cuellar’s district.  These closures would have meant that South exas… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) joined Laredo Community College President Dr. Juan Maldonado to announce a $2,080,015 grant from the Department of Education to fund the Upward Bound Program. The grant will provide the program with $416,033.66 yearly for five years.   “Thanks to this Department of Education funding, Upward Bound will be able to reach even more students… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) joined the South Texas Rural Health Services to announce a $500,000 Affordable Care Act federal grant for improvements to the facility in Cotulla, Texas.   “Thanks to the health care law, community health centers across Texas, including the Atascosa Health Center, will soon be able to significantly expand services to their patients,”… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) joined the Atascosa Health Center (AHC) to announce a new $5,000,000 health care facility in Pleasanton that will be funded by an Affordable Care Act federal grant. “Thanks to the health care law, community health centers across Texas, including the Atascosa Health Center, will soon be able to significantly expand services to their patients,”… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) expressed his support for the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that South Texas will not suffer post office closures.  Previously, the USPS had announced that it would close many of its smallest post offices, including eleven post offices in Cuellar’s district.  These closures would have meant that South Texas… Read more »

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) helped pass HR 2072, the Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011.  This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank’s charter, which is set to expire May 31, 2012. The bill also extends the Export-Import Bank’s authority to help financing for American exporters and raises the Bank’s lending limit to $140 billion by… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) issued the following statement on May 9: Today, I successfully secured two amendments to bills before the House Committee on Homeland Security. Bioterrorism and nuclear threats are a concern for national security, public health and emergency management.  To ensure we are prepared for threats that may arise from an uncertain world, we need… Read more »

Federal employees’ performance reviews would be expanded to factor in the quality of the service they provide under a bill headed to the House floor with the blessing of good-government advocacy groups. The Government Customer Service Improvement Act (H.R. 538), introduced in February 2011 by Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was approved on April 18 by the House Committee on Oversight and… Read more »

Last week, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) was honored as a “Champion of Healthcare Innovation” by the Healthcare Leadership Council, a coalition of leaders of the nation’s premier healthcare companies and organizations.  The award ceremony took place in Washington, D.C.   “As a Representative of one of the most uninsured districts in the nation, expanding access to… Read more »

PUEBLO DE PALMAS -- Under the sun’s fading light, a group of children gathered for an impromptu soccer game on a waterlogged field. They didn’t have to go home yet. As the soccer game unfolded in the background at a park in Pueblo de Palmas, a sprawling, poverty-stricken colonia near Alton, residents and government officials celebrated the installation of street lights that facilitated… Read more »