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Courtesy Jose Borjon, Congressman Cuellar will be participating in a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management titled “A Call to Action: Narco-Terrorism’s Threat to the Southern U.S. Border” today Friday, October 14, 2011. The subcommittee hearing will start at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT in 311 Cannon House Office Building, The Capitol
Courtesy Jose Borjon, Trade Agreements will create over 250,000 jobs in America, fuel national and South Texas economy Click here to watch Congressman Cuellar speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the Free Trade Agreements Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), founder and Chair of the Pro-Trade Caucus, voted
Courtesy Jose Borjon, Doubles Funding for Cash & Weapons Interdiction, Secures 2 More UAV’s WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas) passed legislation through the House Homeland Security Committee, which would more than double the budget for border security teams that interdict southbound cash and weapons that fund and arm
Courtesy Will Krueger, AUSTIN– A new website to promote transparency and keep Texans informed in real time was launched at the first hearing of the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency. The website, http://heget.posterous.com, features key hearing dates and agendas and allows for real-time posting of written testimony during committee hearings.
Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DEL RIO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry in their first significant seizure of Fiscal Year 2012 seized marijuana valued at $116,000 during a vehicle inspection. The seizure occurred on Oct. 6, 2011 at Del Rio International Bridge .
Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computers Steve Jobs praised as Apple’s visionary, creative genius By Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — Steve Jobs, the visionary who led a mobile computer revolution with the creation of wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, was mourned Thursday by admirers and competitors as much of the world
Courtesy Congressman Henry Cuellar, Where we are The American people have given Congress a critical task that requires immediate action: creating and retaining jobs in this country. Too many Americans, from recent college graduates to veterans, are feeling the burden of unemployment. Lines are longer at unemployment offices and jobs are scarce for highly skilled
Courtesy Jose Borjon, Garcia Marmolejo is the second federal judge confirmed in the U.S. Southern Judicial District in Laredo this year WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced that the U.S. Senate confirmed lawyer Marina Garcia Marmolejo to a federal judgeship in the U.S. Southern Judicial District of Texas. The Senate approved confirmation
Courtesy Jose Borjon, Washington, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) issued the following statement after the Administration sent to Congress pending Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama: “I am encouraged by the Administration’s submission of the pending Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress. Now is
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Tx)- Jordan M. Gibson made history Thursday at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). The junior marketing major and member of TAMIU’s Men’s Golf Team from Painted Butte, Alberta, Canada, is the 7000th student of a record 7,039 students enrolled at TAMIU this Fall. Gibson and fellow TAMIU students were joined by
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