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  • Pres. Obama Signs Cuellar Bill to Streamline FEMA grants
    Oct 12, 2010 - 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... 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
  • Cuellar Votes for Troops, Tax Cuts and New Texas National Guard Training Center
    May 28, 2010 - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) voted to extend over $4 billion worth of vitally important tax cuts to hard-working families and supported legislation to fund the Department of Defense though 2011, including funding to create a new South Texas Joint Training Center in Tilden, Texas, for the... 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
  • Cuellar Meets With President Calderon in Mexico City
    Apr 8, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) returned late Wednesday from a senior congressional delegation visit to Mexico City for meetings with President Felipe Calderon and other high-ranking government officials to discuss the future of the Mérida Initiative, ongoing border security and the recent escalat... More
  • Texans Can Trade Up Appliances with Rebates
    Apr 6, 2010 - Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that Texans can start applying for the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program beginning Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The state-run appliance rebate program will provide $23 million worth of rebates towards the purchase of more energy-efficient, cost-sa... More