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El Paso awarded $400K Grant to Make Improvements at the Bridge of the Americas
Aug 3, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award the City of El Paso a $400,000 federal grant to be used for improvements at the Bridge of the Americas. The project will facilitate new configurations to accommodate the existing traffic a...
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Senate Approves Reyes' Tigua Bill
Aug 2, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night passed the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Blood Quantum Bill, H.R. 1560, legislation that he authored that would eliminate the one-eighth blood requirement on the Yselta del Sur Pueblo. The bill now goes to Preside...
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UTEP Receives $530K HHS Research Grant
Aug 1, 2012
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Health & Human Services, through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will award a $531,600 research grant to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The funds ...
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Reyes’ Statement Opposing Republican Attempt to Eliminate Patient Protections in Health Care Reform Law
Jul 11, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record in opposition to the 31st Republican attempt to undermine health care for Americans: “Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the 31st attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Since th...
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UTEP Nursing School Receives a $16K Grant
Jul 3, 2012
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services will award the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) a $15,909 grant through the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). The Nurse Faculty Loan Program’s objective is to increase the number of qualified nu...
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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform
Jun 28, 2012
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To read the full ruling: click here Today the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act with the justices ruling 5 to 4. Chief Justice John Roberts, a Republican appointee, joined Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan to give...
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Senate Committee Approves Reyes' Tigua Bill
Jun 28, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Blood Quantum Bill, H.R. 1560, a bill that would eliminate the one-eighth blood requirement on the Yselta del Sur Pueblo, cleared a major hurdle after it passed the Senate Indian Affairs Committee by unanimous cons...
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CONGRESSMAN REYES' STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW
Jun 25, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Arizona law, SB 1070. The Supreme Court struck three of the four provisions of the law; however, it upheld section 2(B), the specific portion that requires local law enforcement to...
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CONGRESSMAN REYES URGES DREAMERS TO ATTEND DIOCESAN MIGRANT & REFUGEE INFO SESSIONS IN EL PASO
Jun 25, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) urges young people in El Paso, who meet the criteria set forth by Obama Administration regarding deportations, to attend a free information session at the Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc. The sessions are held every Tuesday at 10 a.m. MT at the Di...
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CONGRESSMAN REYES ANNOUNCES EL PASO PASSPORT AGENCY WILL PROCESS PASSPORTS WITHOUT A NEED FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON FRIDAY
Jun 20, 2012
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Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced the El Paso Passport Agency will process passports on Friday, June 22 without the need for an appointment. He encourages El Pasoans to take advantage of this opportunity. “The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requires all U.S. citizens to ha...
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