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Congressman Cuellar Announces More than $3 Million for South Texas Energy Programs
Dec 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Henry Cuellar today announced that the City of Laredo has received $3,024,000 in federal funds to help promote energy conservation and alternative fuel programs.
Specifically, the City will receive $2.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for its Energy Effici...
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House Passes Troop Funding Plus Jobs Package to Save and Create Jobs
Dec 16, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today helped pass vital funding for the nation’s troops in 2010 and a jobs package worth $75 billion to save and create thousands of American jobs. The House passed both bills before adjourning Wednesday to ensure the nation’s military would be adequately funded thr...
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House Passes Plan to Fund National Priorities in FY2010, Funding for Military, Seniors, Students, Education and Veterans
Dec 11, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted for a national investment package providing annual federal funding to the nation’s critical priorities, including funding for veterans and the nation’s housing department. The Consolidated Appropriations bill also includes funding for military constructi...
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Congressman Cuellar Votes to Extend $31 Billion Worth of Tax Deductions to Provide Relief for Americans
Dec 9, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted for the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, a bi-partisan bill to extend $31 billion worth of federal income tax deductions scheduled to expire at the end of this year. The tax breaks would provide relief for millions of Americans by extending deductions for risi...
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Cuellar Votes for Tax Cut to Benefit Families, Farmers and Small Businesses
Dec 3, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted for H.R. 4154, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, tax cutting legislation to provide relief to American families, farmers and small businesses by extending current estate tax exemptions for inheritances that would otherwise face tax hikes in 2011.
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Congressman Cuellar Statement on Afghanistan Troop Increase
Dec 2, 2009
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Congressman Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement on President Obama's decision for a revised strategy in Afghanistan:
“This decision comes at a time when the stakes are high and the sacrifices run deep. So tonight I'll be thinking of our troops and their families, what they've given ...
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House Passes Cuellar Bill to Improve Homeland Security Mission
Dec 2, 2009
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3980, a homeland security bill authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess how homeland security grants have made the nation safer and better prepared since the terror acts of 9/11 and ...
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Congressman Cuellar Votes for Fair Physician Payments for Doctors
Nov 19, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted to protect millions of seniors relying on Medicare by fixing the way their physicians are reimbursed. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, passed by the House today, aims to permanently reform the Medicare payment system, repealing a 21% cut in pay...
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Congressman Cuellar Votes for Historic Health Care Reform Plan
Nov 8, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today voted for H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009,” historic health care reform legislation to reform the nation’s health insurance system and ensure quality, affordable health care for all Americans. The deficit-neutral legislation will...
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Statement: Congressman Cuellar Will Vote Yes on Health Care Reform
Nov 7, 2009
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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released this statement in advance of a health care reform vote anticipated to take place in the House this weekend:
“After several weeks of careful and thorough evaluation, and after several months of conversations with my constituents, I have decided to ...
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