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  • Cuellar Supports $30 Billion for Small Business Lending Fund
    Jun 17, 2010 - 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 we can get credit flowing again to small ... More
  • House Passes Cuellar Budget Bill for Better Government
    Jun 16, 2010 - 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 ... More
  • Joint Op-Ed: "It's Time To Make Government More Accountable"
    Jun 15, 2010 - 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 the federal governme... More
  • Cuellar Announces Over $972,000 for McAllen Airport
    Jun 2, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar and City of McAllen Officials today announced $972,145 for the McAllen Miller International Airport. The total amount comes from the Federal Aviation Administration. The money will be used for design studies, runway rehabilitation, drainage improvements, and wildlife hazard... More
  • Economic Report Shows U.S. Economy Back On Track
    Apr 30, 2010 - Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement in response to a Commerce Department report released Friday that shows the U.S. economy grew swiftly in the first quarter of 2010, calling it a good sign as the nation continues on a path of economic recovery. ... More
  • Tax Cut Postcards Mailed to Small Businesses
    Apr 21, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is mailing 4.4 million postcards to the nation’s small businesses to inform them of tax cuts included in health care reform. Postcards will be delivered over the next two weeks to over 292,500 small businesses ... More
  • Emergency Funds Needed to Fight Border Violence
    Apr 20, 2010 - 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 congressional members from Texas, Arizona, California and New Mexico, lawm... More
  • Cuellar Budget Bill Would Audit Federal Programs
    Apr 14, 2010 - 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... More
  • Lower Taxes, Larger Refunds This Tax Day
    Apr 13, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that this tax day, April 15, 2010, millions of American families, businesses and hard-working Texans will see lower taxes and larger refunds thanks to the economic stimulus package passed by Congress in 2009, and the health care reform and jobs bills... More
  • STATEMENT: Final Health Care Reform Bill Passes House, Historic Moment for Nation
    Mar 26, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement after voting in support of the Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. With this passage, the health care reform reconciliation package moves to the President’s de... More