by State Senator Judith Zaffirini , PhD  In 13 minutes another name will be added to the national waiting list for an organ or tissue transplant. Within the next 24 hours 77 persons in our country will receive a potentially life-saving transplant, but at least 17 others will die because they did not receive one.

Southern Border Lawmakers Urge House Leadership to Approve Emergency Funds to Combat Border Violence, Cartels Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC –Border Members of Congress, including Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), are urging the Speaker of the House to provide emergency funding to fight drug-related violence along the U.S. Mexico Border. In a letter signed by nine

Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Legislation Praised at Congressional Hearing Examining Federal Finances Washington, DC – Today, performance-based budgeting legislation, authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), was center-stage at a House congressional hearing reviewing the oversight of federal financial management. The legislation calls for the nation’s federal programs to be assessed at least once every five years

 Courtesy Richard Pauza,    EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry this week seized cocaine valued at $1.2 million from a vehicle driven by a man from San Antonio . The seizure occurred on April 7, 2010 at Bridge I. A CBP officer referred