TBB Staff

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement, regarding U.S., Mexico, and Canada’s agreement, of an additional 30-day extension of border restrictions for non-essential travelers across their shared borders.

In his new op-ed in the Dallas Morning News, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who has been tapped to join the President’s bipartisan task force to re-open the economy, discusses the energy crisis Texans are facing, the impact it is having on the economy, and the importance of helping Texans return safely to work.

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered a severe problem of the world´s medical care supply systems: the lack of hospital ventilators.

Six more in Hidalgo County test positive for COVID-19

Medicare has temporarily expanded its coverage of telehealth services to respond to COVID-19.

Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) commended the Administration’s support for a cash payments for working Americans, which the two Congressmen proposed last week.

Seven more people in Hidalgo County tested positive for the COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of positive cases to 242 people, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $307,026,008 in federal funding to the State of Texas to meet needs of students across Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to help students maintain their academic goals through the COVID-19 pandemic – and ease their minds during this unprecedented time – UTRGV President Guy Bailey has announced implementation of a pass/no pass grading option.

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) and 77 of his colleagues sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma asking them to work with states, localities, and private labs to immediately collect and publicly report facility-level data on the number of long-term care residents affected by the 2019 coronavirus disease