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Cuellar Received White Hat Award from Texas Farmers Union
Sep 14, 2010
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Congressman Cuellar was honored today to receive the Texas Farmers Union Legislative White Hat Award from the Texas Farmer’s Union. The award was given for the Congressman’s outstanding voting record and his work in the House Committee on Agriculture. Wes Sims, the President of TFU and other members...
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Agriculture Committee Hosts Farm Bill Hearing in Texas
May 17, 2010
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) joined his colleagues in the House Committee on Agriculture for a field hearing in Lubbock, Texas, to review U.S. agriculture policy with Texas farmers and ranchers as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. Congressman Cuellar, who represent...
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New Jim Hogg County Jail Receives Over $5 Million in Federal Funds from the USDA
Feb 8, 2010
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today joined USDA Rural Development State Director Paco Valentin and Jim Hogg County Officials to announce over $5.2 million in federal funding for the construction of a 48-bed jail in Hebbronville, Texas. Jim Hogg County will receive $3,949,000 in federal grant fun...
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Congressman Cuellar: Wilson and Guadalupe Counties Receive Drought Assistance from USDA
Sep 28, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today commended Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for issuing drought assistance relief payments to two Texas counties suffering forage loss due to prolonged drought conditions. Wilson and Guadalupe county farmers are the first in the nation to receive Farm Service ...
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Congressman Cuellar, Farm Service Agency Announce Texas Drought Assistance Timeline
Sep 4, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and USDA Texas Farm Service Agency State Director Juan M. Garcia announced Friday in San Antonio, Texas, the timetable for Texas disaster and drought assistance applications to be submitted and processed by the Farm Service Agency. FSA made its timeline public today ...
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Cuellar Fights For Fever Tick Eradication, Creates Pilot Program to Fight Diabetes
Jul 10, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) voted to pass the Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill, 2010, which provides over $24 billion to the Department of Agriculture to fund low-income food programs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rural development programs, agricultural rese...
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Cuellar Provision Expands Hidalgo's Eligibility for Millions in Federal Funding
May 6, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar today announced that, under new rules issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), certain areas of Hidalgo County are now eligible to apply for millions of dollars in USDA rural development funding.
The rule change resulted from legislative language that Congre...
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Cuellar Amends Water Bill to Study Rio Grande Pollution, Improve Colonias' Water Infrastructure
Mar 12, 2009
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The U.S. House of Representatives today voted overwhelmingly to pass the Water Quality Investment Act of 2009, major legislation that invests $18.7 billion over five years in strengthening America’s wastewater infrastructure. Included in the bill were amendments authored by Congressman Henry Cuella...
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Cuellar Appointed to Influential Rural Development and Nutrition Subcommittees on Agriculture
Jan 19, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar today announced his appointment to two influential subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture in the 111th Congress.
Congressman Cuellar will continue to serve on the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture Programs, as he ...
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Economic Recovery Package Could Deliver Tens of Billions to Texas
Jan 15, 2009
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The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which will invest $825 billion dollars in the American economy to create millions of jobs and jumpstart the economic recovery.
A draft of the legislation unveiled today by the U.S. House...
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