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EL PASOANS NOW PROTECTED BY PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
Sep 23, 2010
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The Patients' Bill of Rights, a key part of the historic health insurance reform law passed in March, took effect today. The Patients' Bill of Rights provides consumers with new protections against the most harmful practices by health insurance companies. Here’s what it means for El Paso...
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U.S. HOUSE PASSES REYES-AUTHORED BILL TO GIVE TIGUAS THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN MEMBERSHIP
Sep 22, 2010
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation authored by Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo to determine their own critera for tribal membership. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is one of the very few remaining tribes (if not the only one) in the nat...
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U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $1.2 million to the City of El Paso to help plan for BRAC-related growth
Sep 21, 2010
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U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $1.2 million to the City of El Paso to help plan for BRAC-related growth
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to the City of El Paso to help plan for growth. The funds will be used to implement the reg...
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Congressman Reyes announces $1.6 million in federal grant funding for UTEP research
Sep 17, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded UTEP $1,673,480 in federal grant funding for various research initiatives.
"These gr...
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FORT BLISS RECOVERY ACT PROJECT #1 IN WHITE HOUSE REPORT
Sep 17, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) released the following statement on the White House Report, ‘100 Recovery Act Projects That Are Changing America,’ released today, which listed the Warrior in Transition Complex at Fort Bliss as the top project in the nation:
“The American Recovery and Reinvestm...
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UTEP RECEIVES $1.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES FOR RESEARCH
Sep 17, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded UTEP $1,673,480 in federal grant funding for various research initiatives.
"These gr...
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CONGRESSMAN REYES' SATELLITE OFFICE HOURS FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
Sep 15, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes will provide additional office hours in three convenient satellite locations throughout the community. Satellite office hours are available every 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the month from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The schedule for September satellite off...
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TEXAS BORDER CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCE $5 MILLION FOR TEXAS BORDER SHERIFF’S COALITION
Sep 9, 2010
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U.S. Representatives Silvestre Reyes, Ciro Rodriguez, Solomon Ortiz, Ruben Hinojosa, and Henry Cuellar today announced $4,850,000 in federal funding for the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition to support border county sheriff’s departments from El Paso to Brownsville. The funding will be used to ...
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Congressman Reyes announces $1.6 million federal grant for new clean fuel Sun Metro buses
Sep 9, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today announced that the Department of Transportation will award the City of El Paso with a $1.6 million federal grant for four new Sun Metro buses. The new buses will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
"These funds will provide El Pasoans with modernize...
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Congressman Reyes announced $2.8 million in federal grant funding to provide access to potable water to El Paso County residents
Sep 3, 2010
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today joined Paco Valentin, State Director of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in presenting $2.8 million in federal grant funding to provide access to potable water to residents who currently lack services in El Paso County
The USDA Rural Dev...
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