STATE NEWS
Courtesy Raul Leal, AUSTIN, Texas – Tobacco trash is the culprit responsible for an increase in Texas roadside litter according to new research released today by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). While Texans are doing much better keeping larger food-related trash off the road, tobacco trash, including nearly 400 million discarded cigarette butts, made
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, WASHINGTON—Over the past year and a half, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with its federal, state, local, tribal and Mexican partners, has made significant progress in cracking down on border-related crime and smuggling while facilitating legitimate travel and commerce. The Administration is committed to building on these successes and addressing
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, CBP to Permanently Station Remotely-Piloted Aircraft in Texas Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle over 1,200 miles of the Texas-Mexico border, in addition to the Texas Gulf Coast. As a result of the decision,
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, President Sends to Congress Specific Emergency Requests for Southern Border Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, released the following statement in response to a letter released by the White House Tuesday in which President Obama respectfully requests Congress to approve
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Texas State Representative Richard P. Raymond (D-42) made an announcement that the City of Laredo received a $2.5 million cancer prevention grant, the largest in the department’s history, from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). According to Dr. Hector F. Gonzalez, director of the City of Laredo Health Department,
Small Business Bill Passes the House, Provides Critical Funds to Support Jobs Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) supported the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act to establish a new community bank fund worth $30 billion to increase lending to small businesses looking to hire and expand their operations. “By providing this funding
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Unprecedented legislation to Assess Federal Agencies Four Times a Year, Will Make Reports Available to Congress and the Public Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Wednesday an unprecedented government accountability bill authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), who championed similar legislation in Texas. The landmark legislation requires unparalleled
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Congressional Trade Coalition Dedicated to Advancing Pending Free Trade Agreements Washington, DC –Members of the Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus (CPTC), a bipartisan coalition dedicated to promoting trade as a tool to spur economic growth and job creation in the United States, hosted a trade policy briefing Wednesday with the Panamanian Ambassador to the
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry yesterday seized more than two tons of marijuana in a tractor trailer during a routine inspection at World Trade Bridge. The seizure occurred on Thursday, June 3 at World Trade Bridge when CBP officers processed
Courtesy Joanne Ferreira, WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today the first-year anniversary of the successful implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at all land and sea ports of entry on June 1, 2009—designed to enhance border security and facilitate lawful cross-border travel between the United States and Canada and
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