Tag: Henry Cuellar

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Cuellar to Tour Southern Border After GOP Visit

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) are set to visit Cuellar’s home district in Loredo, Texas today, to tour the border a day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a Republican delegation to the border in Arizona. According to a press release shared with Fox News, Jeffries and Cuellar will…


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Cuellar Visit Southern Border After GOP Visit

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) visited Cuellar’s home district in Loredo, Texas today, to tour the border a day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a Republican delegation to the border in Arizona. The pair of Democratic lawmakers held a press conference on Friday afternoon, following an initial meeting…


Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Boost US–Mexico Tourism

Legislation to revitalize tourism between the United States and Mexico after the COVID-19 pandemic has been introduced in Congress by a duo of bipartisan lawmakers. The United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act, sponsored by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) would increase the cooperation between the United States and…


Bipartisan Lawmakers Seeking Solution to Southern Border Crisis: House Democrat

A group of lawmakers from both aisles is working together to find a solution to the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a House Democrat said. “What’s happening at our southern border is a humanitarian crisis. My colleagues, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), and I are committed to…


Border Crossings to Explode if Title 42 Ends, Texas Democrat Warns

Title 42 is the only thing keeping a tsunami of illegal border crossings at bay in the United States, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). It’s estimated that a record-breaking 8,000 illegal immigrants are coming across the southern border per day, the highest in history. That number could more than quadruple in a week if…


Capitol Report (July 21): Funding the Police Amid National Crime Wave; Enduring 23 Years of Persecution

President Joe Biden is working in isolation after testing positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, and the White House is informing those who may have come into close contact with the president in recent days. The positive COVID test has upended the president’s plan to make a major announcement on funding the police, as bipartisan…


Moderate Rep. Cuellar Claims Victory Against Progressive Cisneros in Texas Primary Runoff

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on May 25 claimed victory in the close Democrat primary runoff for the seat he holds representing Texas’s 28th Congressional District. “The results are in, all the votes have been tallied—I am honored to have once again been re-elected as the Democratic nominee for Congress,” Cuellar said in a statement. With all…


Pelosi Defends Supporting Pro-Life Democrat for Reelection

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on May 12 defended her support for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), one of the few pro-life Democrats left in Congress. “I’m supporting Henry Cuellar. He’s a valued member of our caucus,” Pelosi, who supports widely available abortion, told reporters in Washington. Cuellar does not support abortion, but “we didn’t need him”…


Cuellar Vows to Win Reelection After FBI Raid, Maintains Innocence

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Tuesday vowed win reelection after last week’s raid of his home and campaign office by the FBI. In a video statement filmed in front of his childhood home in South Texas, Cuellar, a frequent critic of President Joe Biden, said he was “fully cooperating with law enforcement.” He didn’t shed…


Cuellar Vows to Win Relection After FBI Raid, Maintains Innocence

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Tuesday vowed win reelection after last week’s raid of his home and campaign office by the FBI. In a video statement filmed in front of his childhood home in South Texas, Cuellar, a frequent critic of President Joe Biden, said he was “fully cooperating with law enforcement.” He didn’t shed…