Washington, D.C. – Today Representative John Culberson (TX-07) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) voted to support important legislation to crack down on human traffickers. Following passage of the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act (H.R. 2219), the Congressmen released the following: Rep. Culberson: “Houston has the highest number of trafficking victims nation-wide, and I have made it a priority in Congress to fight this global crisis. The End Banking for Human Traffickers Act ...
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Washington D.C. - Congressman John Culberson (TX-07), senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that his office is accepting submissions for the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. Congressman Culberson: “It is my distinct pleasure to be a sponsor of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for high school student artists in the Seventh District. Each year, I’m amazed at the talent in my district. This event is a wonderful opportunity for students to be recognized for their creative...
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WASHINGTON— Today, President Trump signed the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law. Representatives John Culberson (TX-07), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and U.S. Senator Cornyn (R-TX) included their Fix NICS Act in FY18 omnibus to ensure that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) operations more adequately address background check demand and improve NICS performance, including enhancing system availability, determination rates, and E-Check services. The bill inc...
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Washington D.C. - Today Representative Culberson (TX-07) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1625 (115), the omnibus appropriations bill: “The FY18 omnibus makes critical investments to the safety, security and prosperity of our nation. While this bill is by no means perfect, it includes many critical conservative priorities and fulfills Congress’s most vital responsibility to provide for the common defense. This funding bill provides the largest increase in defense spen...
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By Rebecca Elliot | Originally Published in the Houston Chronicle Five Houston-area congressmen are urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to accept Houston's idea of using volunteer hours as an alternate way to pay the city's required local match for federal disaster grants. The letter sent Tuesday to FEMA Administrator Brock Long is signed by U.S. Reps. John Culberson (R-Houston), Brian Babin (R-Woodville), Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land), Gene Green (D-Houston) and Al Green (D-Houston). "We...
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Washington D.C. - Representative John Culberson (TX-07) released the following statement today after the House passed the STOP School Violence Act: "Every school should be a safe-haven, and every child deserves to feel protected there. Today, I was proud to support the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, which will include new violence prevention training for students and school personnel, anonymous reporting systems, improved local law enforcement coordination, and updated security technology. “E...
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Washington D.C. - Representative John Culberson (TX-07) today led a Houston delegation letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long to express strong support for the City of Houston’s proposal to utilize volunteer hours as a local match for FEMA funding for Hurricane Harvey recovery across all categories of disaster assistance. The City of Houston’s plan proposes an expansion of FEMA rules to allow volunteer efforts to be counted toward the local match requirement for reconstruction efforts to repair...
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CQ MAGAZINE – COVER STORY | March 12, 2018 | READ ONLINE By Jennifer Shutt, CQ The National Aeronautics and Space Administration could soon begin to turn its attention away from the International Space Station and toward deep space exploration projects, including missions to Mars. In its $19.9 billion fiscal 2019 budget request, NASA proposed the United States cease direct federal investment in the International Space Station by 2025, in part so the agency can focus more on projects that will ai...
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Earlier this week, I joined my colleagues in expressing our deep concern to President Trump about the prospect of broad, global tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. While tax cuts and regulatory reform have restored our nation’s position as the best place in the world to do business, adding broad tariffs would undermine this progress. I’m glad to see the Administration has heard our concerns and has decided to remain flexible on this issue. Read the letter here or click on the image below to ...
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Washington D.C. - Representative John Culberson (TX-07) released the following statement today after the City of Houston announced winning a $9.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve 40 flood-prone traffic intersections with new technology that alerts drivers when high water is present. Rep. Culberson previously sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Cho to express strong support for the City of Houston’s 2017 application for the TIGER (Transporta...
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