Representative Henry Cuellar
2372 Rayburn House Office Building.
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-1640
fax: 202-225-1641
toll-free: 1 (877) 780-0028
email tx28scheduler@mail.house.gov to schedule a meeting
Committees:
APPROPRIATIONS (Subs: Defense; Homeland Security (Ranking Member)); Military Construction & Veterans Affairs)
Global Action Record:
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - Yea
2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent
2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - YEA on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund
2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - cosponsor
2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent
2008 - HR 2092 - Education for All Act - cosponsor
2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Yea / yea on Senate version
2010 - HR 2000 - Muhammad Yunus Gold medal - cosponsor
2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay
2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Yea / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Yea /
2015/07/31- signed Reichert/Lee/McCollum/McCaul letter to Pres. Obama urging maternal & child health funding in FY17 budget
2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
2024/01/03 - cosponsor HR 681 READ Act Reauthorization Act
U.S. Action Record:
2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - Yea
2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Yea / Yea after veto / Yea after rewrite
2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - Yea/Yea
2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Yea
2007 - HR 3014 - Health Equity and Accountability Act- cosponsor
2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - Yea
2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - Yea
2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-Yea 11/15-Yea
2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 Yea
2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Yea/Yea/Yea
2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea
2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) - Yea
2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - yea / yea after veto
2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Yea
2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Yea
2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - cosponsor - Yea
2009 - HR 4154 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act - Yea
2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Yea
2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Yea
2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Yea/Yea
2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Yea
2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b)- Nay
2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Yea
2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Nay
2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - not voting
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Nay
2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Nay, Nay
2020/06/26 – HR 2 INVEST in America (housing infrastructure) – cosponsor
2020/06/29 - HR 7301 - Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act – Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea
2023/06/07 - initial cosponsor HR 3899 American Family Act (CTC)
2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Yea