Representative Ciro Rodriguez News

We were shocked recently to find out that Texas' best-loved wild place, Big Bend National Park, isn't in the top tier of the nation's best-protected public land.

Del Rio veterans can now receive outpatient medical services here. U.S. Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez joined Marie Weldon, director of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, city and county elected leaders and the leaders of veterans service organizations joined about 75 veterans Saturday morning to celebrate the opening of the veterans outpatient ...

I met yesterday with William Hurd, who plans to seek the Republican nomination for Congressional District 23, a sprawling district that runs from San Antonio to El Paso, between Interstate 10 and the Rio Grande.

Building up U.S. forces in Afghanistan drew support from all of El Paso's lawmakers in Congress, but both Texas senators expressed some misgivings about the war strategy laid out Tuesday by President Barack Obama.

Sharon Lerner , a writer for the left-wing magazine the Nation, says pro-choice activists lost a key vote on abortion in the House health care bill because they were too nice - and said pro-choice activists won't make that mistake again.

Keeping a promise to regularly visit all of his farflung constituencies, U.S. Rep.

Jordan Reagan CBS 7 News November 09, 2009 The health care debate has sparked up conversations all across the country, and here in West Texas, people on both sides of the issue feel passionately about their stance.

Veterana s day is a time to thank those who serve our country, but it can also be an opportunity to raise awareness about issues facing vets.

Senate Democrats are preparing for a fight over abortion coverage when floor debate begins on the chamber's version of health care reform legislation, CQ Today reports.

Politico reports that abortion-rights "advocates are calling in the cavalry to help fight off an anti-abortion provision House Democratic leaders swallowed in order to win passage of their health care reform bill." Planned Parenthood on Tuesday brought 80 groups together to brainstorm about how to keep an abortion amendment out of a final ...

By Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez November 10, 2009 Veterans Day is an opportunity for all of us to stop and think about this great nation we live in.

A key research and development tax credit that was originally enacted in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 is set to expire soon, and that is a big concern for San Antonio, according to a local Congressman.

Local members of Congress split along party lines in the late Saturday vote on health care reform, with Republican Lamar Smith voting no, and Democrats Ciro Rodriguez, Henry Cuellar, and Charles Gonzalez voting yes, as the bill squeaked by 220-to-215, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Mike Kueber, a retired USAA regulatory attorney, on Tuesday announced that he'll run in the Republican primary for the 23rd Congressional District seat currently held by Rep.

A San Antonio Air Force veteran, Vic Luebker, said Tuesday he is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for the 23rd congressional district seat currently held by Rep.

FRA strongly supports "The Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents Act" that expands the number of veterans who can transfer educational benefits to their dependent family members.

ALPINE The Rio Grande Research Center at the School of Arts & Sciences at Sul Ross State University has been awarded $1.434 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund biophysical research in the Rio Grande Basin.

President Obama signed a law naming El Paso's new federal courthouse in honor of the late El Paso judge and prominent civil rights leader Albert Armendariz Sr.

A provision to build an additional 300 miles of pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has been stripped out of a $42.8 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

Every election cycle, Rep. Chet Edwards, a moderate Democrat from Waco, draws a Republican challenger.