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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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Congressman Cuellar Recieves 'Friend of the Farm Bureau' Award
Oct 20, 2008
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U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar was honored Saturday by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors with the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award. The award, given at the end of each Congress, is based on voting records on priority issues established by the American Farm Bureau Federation Bo...
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USDA Announces Drought Assistance for Counties in District 28
Oct 10, 2008
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U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar received a letter from U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer that designates some counties in the 28th District as natural disaster areas and contiguous disaster areas. This designation makes farm operators in these counties eligible for Farm Serv...
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CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE FELLOW TO ASSIST WITH AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
Sep 9, 2008
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U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar announced today a temporary addition to his Washington, D.C. staff from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sandi Boughton, a legislative fellow with more than 34 years experience working with USDA Rural Development, joins Congressman Cuellar’s staff for a six-month...
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CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR ANNOUNCES 36% INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SOUTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
Jun 13, 2008
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U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar and South Texas Food Bank Executive Director Alfredo Castillo announced today that the South Texas Food Bank will receive $136,670.48 in conjunction with the 2008 Farm Bill, which oversees the monetary assistance for the nation’s nutrition programs....
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CONGRESS VOTES TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT’S VETO OF FARM BILL
May 21, 2008
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Today, U.S Congressman Henry Cuellar joined a majority of his colleagues in the House of Representatives by voting in support to override the President’s veto of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the Farm Bill. The override passed the House by a vote of 316 to 108.
The P...
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