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  • Congressman Cuellar Honored as Guardian of Small Business by NFIB
    Sep 13, 2012 - The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, today named U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners in the 112th Congress. NFIB President and CEO Dan ... More
  • Congressman Cuellar recieves Friend of the Farm Bureau award
    Sep 12, 2012 - U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar was selected as a “Friend of the Farm Bureau” for the 112th Congress. The award, given at the end of each Congress, is based on voting records on priority issues established by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors, the number of bills that a membe... More
  • Government Customer Service Bill Authored by Congressman Cuellar Passed
    Sep 11, 2012 - As hard as it is to imagine, Washington cares about customer service. So says the House of Representatives, which approved the Government Customer Service Improvement Act on Tuesday. No one suggested a federal version of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's directive for state workers to cheerfully ans... More
  • Congressman Upfront in Urging for Better Screening of Border Security Agents
    Sep 2, 2012 - The increased hiring of Border Patrol and other federal agents for U.S.-Mexico border security operations has created a need for a better screening process of prospective employees, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said. The Department of Homeland Security released a report last month detailing almost 1,400 ... More
  • Valley Central Action 4 is Visited by Congressman Cuellar
    Aug 29, 2012 - On Wednesday, Congressman Henry Cuellar made a special visit to Action 4 Sunrise to talk about current events and issues happening across the country. Rep. Cuellar answers questions about the US/Mexico border, economy, a dysfunctional congress and the war in Afghanistan among other topics. In his in... More
  • Congressman Cuellar Interviewed on Opportunities at the U.S.-Mexico Border
    Aug 22, 2012 - “Six million jobs have been created just on the U.S. side [of the border] because of the trade that we have with Mexico.” U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) speaks with AS/COA Director of Policy Jason Marczak about the local and national economic necessity for further facilitating cross-border... More
  • Congressman Cuellar Hosts Roundtable with CMS Administrator
    Aug 21, 2012 - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) convened a roundtable discussion with special invited guest Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to hear from medical and healthcare industry stakeholders from the South Texas area. The conversatio... More
  • Congressman Gets Recognition For Having Town Hall Meeting Via Telephone
    Aug 14, 2012 - To the editior: Recently, I was pleasantly surprised when I received a phone call from Washington, DC (the caller ID said so) from Representative Henry Cuellar's office, giving me the option to participate in a phone town hall meeting. Curious as to what this was about, I pressed the requested phon... More
  • Townhall Call Tackles Health Care
    Aug 8, 2012 - In the last scheduled telephone town hall call scheduled for the year, constituents of District 28 had an opportunity to voice concerns regarding health care. More than 5,725 callers participated July 26, from Wilson and other counties that comprise District 28. Joining U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was S... More
  • U.S. House Passes Drought Relief
    Aug 3, 2012 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a drought relief bill Thursday that will provide $383 million in emergency aid to farmers and ranchers across the country. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said three-quarters of all American agricultural producers are affected by ongoing drought conditions... More