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Henry Cuellar

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Henry Roberto Cuellar is a U.S. Representative for Texas's 28th congressional district, serving since January 4, 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuellar has focused on issues such as border security, economic development, and education throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for bipartisan solutions and has worked on various initiatives to support his constituents in South Texas. Cuellar has held several key positions within the House, including serving on the Appropriations Committee. His legislative efforts often emphasize the importance of funding for local projects and addressing the needs of the border region. Cuellar's long-standing presence in Congress has made him a notable figure in Texas politics.

Feb 23, 2021

My concern is that, as we are looking at other places of the world, in our own backyard we have got--starting to get a heavy influence of Russians, but mainly Chinese.

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Feb 23, 2021

But we really need to start doing this because we are going to wake up like they did back in the 1980s where they said, 'Oh, my God, look what has happened in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas have taken over.'

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Feb 23, 2021

My issue has been how do we explain that the United States--and I am very supportive of the military--but how do we spend more money than China, Russia, and the other countries combined and it still seems like they, with less money than we…

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Jan 13, 2021

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the impeachment. It is very simple. What we saw on January 6 was a person, the President of the United States, incite a crowd to come and attack the Capitol. We have to make sure that we stand up for…

Congressional Record · 2021-01-13
Dec 8, 2020

Madam Speaker, I want to thank Chairman DeFazio for his leadership, his staff for working hard on this particular bill, and the ranking member and his staff for doing this. I want to talk about one project that got added, and that is the…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-08
Jul 30, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairwoman Lowey for all the wonderful work that she has done on this appropriation bill, a very balanced bill that she has done, and I want to thank Kay Granger and also Mr. Calvert for the work that they have…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-30
Jul 29, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman DeFazio and Ranking Member Graves and their staff for the wonderful work that they did for putting this bipartisan bill together, and also Chairwoman Grace Napolitano. Mr. Speaker, for the last 14 years, I…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-29
Jul 27, 2020

Madam Speaker, in 1775, the Spanish dollar was announced as the first currency with legal use in the United States, and this was approved by the Continental Congress, suggested by Thomas Jefferson. The design of the American dollar in 1792…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-27
Jul 27, 2020

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also rise in support of H.R. 2420 for several reasons. If you look at the impact of the Hispanic culture here in the United States, all you have to do is go back. The first language that…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-27
Jul 1, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman DeFazio for yielding. I also thank his staff for working very hard to put this bill together that will add $1.5 billion to the $1 trillion that will be added for our highways and the infrastructure that we…

Congressional Record · 2020-07-01
Jun 30, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Lipinski for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, my amendment is very simple. What it does, it directs funding for road crossings at international bridges. An area like my hometown in Laredo, which is the largest…

Congressional Record · 2020-06-30

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