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Pres. Obama Signs Cuellar Bill to Streamline FEMA grants
Oct 12, 2010
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Today, President Obama signed into law legislation authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) to increase the accountability and efficiency of homeland security grants. H.R. 3980, the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, requires FEMA to take an inventor...
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Cuellar Bill to End Waste Passes Senate Committee
Oct 1, 2010
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX 28) announced that his bipartisan legislation to increase government efficiency and decrease waste is one step closer to becoming law, after H.R. 2142, the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental ...
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Cuellar Bill on FEMA Spending Efficiency Passes
Sep 29, 2010
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Congressman Henry Cuellar’s homeland security bill to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess the efficiency of homeland security grants passed in the House yesterday, and will now go on to be signed by President Obama.
Once signed into law, the Redundancy Elimination and Enha...
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House Passes Cuellar Budget Bill for Better Government
Jun 16, 2010
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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 public reporting from federal agencies four times ...
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Joint Op-Ed: "It's Time To Make Government More Accountable"
Jun 15, 2010
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Cuellar & Platts: It's Time to Make Government More Accountable
Roll Call
June 15, 2010
By Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
and Todd Platts (R-PA)
As lawmakers, our decisions rely on the information we have. Better information yields better results.
In order to help eliminate waste in th...
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Cuellar Budget Bill Would Audit Federal Programs
Apr 14, 2010
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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 ye...
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Cuellar Votes Yes to Health Care Reform, Will Deliver Coverage and Drive Down Premiums
Mar 21, 2010
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted in support of the landmark health care reform plan, H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill will expand coverage to 5.9 million uninsured Texans, including 1.4 million children and 202,500 uninsured ind...
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Update: Blue Dogs, Cuellar Call for Balanced Budget
Mar 3, 2010
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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. The Blue Dog "Balanced Budget Amendment" is a key co...
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