STATE NEWS
Pro-Trade Leader Responds to White House Trade Plan, Pushes Progress on Three Free Trade Agreements Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), founding member of the Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus and U.S. Representative to the nation’s sixth largest trade port in Laredo, Texas, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s
Fiscally-Conservative Dems Call for Balanced Budget by 2020 to Reduce National Deficit Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today joined his colleagues in the fiscally-conservative Blue Dog Coalition to introduce legislation that would require the federal government to pay down the national debt and balance the nation’s budget by 2020.
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Border Chairman Presses CBP to Deploy UAV Along Texas-Mexico Border Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, has requested Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to move swiftly without delay in placing an unmanned aerial vehicle along the Texas-Mexico Border
FLORIDA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERM FOR SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINE Courtesy Adelina Pruneda, (LAREDO, Texas) – A Mexican citizen and legal permanent resident has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for smuggling almost two kilograms of methamphetamine into the United States, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. At a hearing yesterday,
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – As Laredo rolls into high gear for its annual Washington’s Birthday celebration activities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this week did their part to ring in the holiday by seizing $2.5 million in marijuana and cocaine in four separate enforcement actions.
One Year Anniversary of ARRA Shows Widespread Investments in Local Infrastructure, Transportation, Education and Other Priorities Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that one year after being signed into law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has delivered over $19 billion in committed federal funding to Texas and provided
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO , Texas – In the weeks leading to Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s highly trained agriculture specialists ensure that plant diseases and plant pests are detected and prevented from being introduced into the United States where they could cause harm. At international ports of entry, land borders and mail
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) together with USDA Rural Development State Director Paco Valentin and Jim Hogg County Officials will announce Monday over $5.2 million in federal funding for the construction of a 48-bed detention center in Hebbronville, Texas. Jim Hogg County will receive $3,949,000 in federal grant funding and
Landmark Pay-As-You-Go Spending Rules Aim to Restore Fiscal Surpluses of the 1990s Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today helped pass statutory Pay-As-You-Go legislation to reestablish spending rules for Congress to rein-in federal spending, draw down the nation’s debt and restore the fiscal discipline of the 1990s when deficits were turned
Community and Colonias Tour Raises Awareness for Upcoming Census Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), U.S. Census Director Dr. Robert M. Groves and Dallas Census Regional Director Gabriel Sanchez today visited the Border Colonias outside of Laredo, Texas, as part of a national campaign to raise awareness for the 2010 Census
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