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A supporter of gun rights and opponent of abortion rights, Cuellar is the only Blue Dog Democrat in Texas's Congressional delegation. According to his campaign website, his “top priorities are accessibility to constituents, education, healthcare, supporting veterans, serving seniors, providing for small businesses, enhancing homeland security, ensuring border security, advancing trade and taking any other action that supports hard-working families and individuals.”<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=Cuellar About|url=http://henrycuellar.com/about/|work=Henry Cuellar House}}</ref>
A supporter of gun rights and opponent of abortion rights, Cuellar is the only Blue Dog Democrat in Texas's Congressional delegation. According to his campaign website, his “top priorities are accessibility to constituents, education, healthcare, supporting veterans, serving seniors, providing for small businesses, enhancing homeland security, ensuring border security, advancing trade and taking any other action that supports hard-working families and individuals.”<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=Cuellar About|url=http://henrycuellar.com/about/|work=Henry Cuellar House}}</ref>


On August 30, 2010, Cuellar's essay “Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times” appeared in the Huffington Post, in which he argued that "Education is the gateway to opportunity.” Cuellar lamented that “only 75 percent of American students graduate from high school, compared to 93 percent in South Korea” and that “41 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. do not have a high school diploma, compared with 14 percent of white adults.” Many readers posted comments to the effect that the astronomical cost of higher education in a time when there was no guarantee of a job after graduation made its value considerably more suspect than Cuellar suggested.<ref name="Shaky Times">{{cite web|title=Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-cuellar/education-investments_b_698975.html|work=Huffington Post}}</ref>
On August 30, 2010, Cuellar's essay "Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times" appeared in the Huffington Post, in which he argued that "Education is the gateway to opportunity.” Cuellar lamented that "only 75 percent of American students graduate from high school, compared to 93 percent in South Korea" and that "41 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. do not have a high school diploma, compared with 14 percent of white adults." Many readers posted comments to the effect that the astronomical cost of higher education in a time when there was no guarantee of a job after graduation made its value considerably more suspect than Cuellar suggested.<ref name="Shaky Times">{{cite web|title=Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-cuellar/education-investments_b_698975.html|work=Huffington Post}}</ref>


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Congressman Cuellar is the author and one of two main co-sponsors of legislation seeking to honor slain ICE agent [[Jaime Zapata]]. Billed as a [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Border-security-bill-named-after-slain-ICE-agent-1042950.php border security bill], it would increase cooperation among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies during investigations of human and drug smuggling from Mexico.
Congressman Cuellar is the author and one of two main co-sponsors of legislation seeking to honor slain ICE agent [[Jaime Zapata]]. Billed as a [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Border-security-bill-named-after-slain-ICE-agent-1042950.php border security bill], it would increase cooperation among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies during investigations of human and drug smuggling from Mexico.


In 2013, in a statement with House colleagues [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] and [[Filemon Vela]] of [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], Cuellar renewed his opposition to a border fence along the Rio Grande between the United States and Mexico. He denounced inclusion in the Senate immigration bill of the [[Corker-Hoeven Amendment]], which calls for seven hundred additional miles of border fencing. Cuellar called the fence an antiquated solution to a new-age problem. The fence, he said, ignores the economic ties between the two nations which reached $500 billion in 2012.<ref>JJ Velasquez, "Immigration Reform: Cuellar sounds off on Senate bill", ''Laredo Morning Times'', July 5, 2013, pp. 1, 9A</ref>
In 2013, in a statement with House colleagues [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] and [[Filemon Vela]] of [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], Cuellar renewed his opposition to a border fence along the Rio Grande between the United States and Mexico. He denounced inclusion in the Senate immigration bill of an amendment sponsored by [[Bob Corker]] of [[Tennessee]] and [[John Hoeven]] of [[North Dakota]], which calls for seven hundred additional miles of border fencing. Cuellar called the fence an antiquated solution to a new-age problem. The fence, he said, ignores the economic ties between the two nations which reached $500 billion in 2012.<ref>JJ Velasquez, "Immigration Reform: Cuellar sounds off on Senate bill", ''Laredo Morning Times'', July 5, 2013, pp. 1, 9A</ref>


===Committee assignments===
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Henry Roberto Cuellar
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 28th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2005
Preceded byCiro Rodriguez
102nd Texas Secretary of State
In office
January 1, 2001 – January 7, 2002
Preceded byElton Bomer
Succeeded byGwyn Shea
Personal details
Born (1955-09-19) September 19, 1955 (age 69)
Laredo, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseImelda Cuellar
ChildrenChristina Alexandra Cuellar
Catherine Ann Cuellar
Residence(s)Laredo, Texas
Alma materLaredo Junior College

Georgetown University
Texas A&M International University

University of Texas at Austin
OccupationAttorney, Customs broker

Henry Roberto Cuellar (born September 19, 1955) is the U.S Representative for Texas's 28th congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district extends from the Rio Grande to the suburbs of San Antonio, including Guadalupe County and nearby Wilson County.

Outside of politics, he has served as a professor at the Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo, Texas. The son of migrant workers who never made it past the fifth grade, Cuellar has positioned himself as a strong advocate for education and has often described himself as “the most degreed member of Congress,” having earned an A.D., a Bachelor's in Foreign Service, a Master's in International Trade, and a law degree and Ph.D. in government. Two schools in Laredo are named for him.

Early life, education, and pre-political career

Cuellar was born in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in southern Texas, where he has resided most of his life. Cuellar's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Cuellar, Sr., were migrant workers who never completed schooling beyond the fifth grade. He is the oldest of eight children. His brother, Martin Cuellar, Jr., is the sheriff of Webb County, having been elected in 2008 over the incumbent fellow Democrat Rick Flores. A sister, Rosie Cuellar-Castillo, is the Laredo municipal judge, having won a nonpartisan runoff election held on December 11, 2010.[1]

Cuellar graduated in 1973 from J. W. Nixon High School, a classmate of future Webb County District Attorney Joe Rubio, Jr. Cuellar received an associate's degree from Laredo Community College (then known as Laredo Junior College), where he would later teach courses in government on an adjunct basis. He then attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in foreign service. He also holds a master's degree in International Trade from Texas A&M International University in Laredo and a Juris Doctor and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Cuellar opened his own law firm in 1981 and became a licensed customs broker in 1983. He worked at his alma mater, TAMIU, as an Adjunct Professor for International Commercial Law from 1984 to 1986.

Early political career

Texas House of Representatives

Prior to being elected to the United States House of Representatives, Cuellar was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 2001, having represented the major portion of Laredo. During his 14 years as Laredo’s state representative, he served in leadership positions in the House Appropriations, Higher Education, and Calendar committees. His most notable accomplishments in the Texas State Legislature included coauthoring the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which ensured health-care for thousands of previously uninsured children, and cosponsoring the largest tax cut in Texas history, which included a three-day tax holiday for consumers and small businesses. He also served on several national legislative committees dealing with state budgets, the U.S./Mexico border, and international trade.

Texas Secretary of State

In 2001, Cuellar was appointed as Secretary of State of Texas by Republican Governor Rick Perry. As Secretary of State for nearly ten months, he supported new voter initiatives to register and educate voters and protect voters’ rights, as well as efforts to expand the Border/Mexico Affairs office.

U.S. House of Representatives

Early portrait of Cueller

Elections

2002

In the 2002 election, Cuellar was the Democratic Party nominee for the House of Representatives in Texas's 23rd congressional district. He lost to five-term incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla by 52-47 in the closest race Bonilla had faced up to that date. Bonilla was unseated in 2006 in the revised 23rd District.

2004
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2004; United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2006 § District 28; United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2008 § District 28; and United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2010 § District 28

Cuellar spent much of the early part of 2003 preparing for a rematch against Bonilla. The 2003 Texas redistricting, however, shifted most of Laredo, which had been the heart of the 23rd since its creation in 1966, into the 28th district, represented by Democrat Ciro Rodriguez. Cuellar challenged Rodriguez, a former friend, for the nomination and won it by 58 votes. [2] The Washington Post has described the campaign as “nasty...with Cuellar claiming Rodriguez was an AWOL congressman, while Rodriguez called Cuellar a political opportunist.” The initial count gave Rodriguez a 145-vote lead, but after a recount Cuellar led by 58 votes. “Rodriguez filed a lawsuit questioning the eligibility of hundreds of votes. A state appeals court ruling against Rodriguez guaranteed Cuellar the nomination.”[3] Cuellar's victory was one of only two primary upsets of incumbents, from either party, in the entire country.

The 28th district leans far more Democratic than the 23rd, and Cuellar's victory in the general election was a foregone conclusion. In November, he defeated Republican Jim Hopson of Seguin by a 20-point margin, becoming the first Laredoan in over 20 years elected to represent the 28th District of Texas. Cuellar's election to the House in 2004 was a standout for Democrats in a year in which Republicans otherwise gained seats in Texas' delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

2006

On March 7, 2006, Cuellar again defeated Rodriguez in the Democratic primary with 52 percent of the vote in a three-way race. No Republican even attempted to file, ostensibly assuring him of reelection in November.

On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas Legislature had violated the rights of Latino voters when it shifted most of Laredo out of the 23rd and replaced it with several heavily Republican San Antonio suburbs.[4] As a result, nearly every congressional district from El Paso to San Antonio had to be redrawn, and the primary results for these districts were invalidated. A court drew a new map in which all of Laredo was moved into the 28th district while the south San Antonio area was moved to the 23rd. An election open to all candidates with a runoff if no candidate won 50% was scheduled for the date of the general election, November 7, 2006.

In the general election on November 7, 2006, Cuellar had no Republican opposition but handily defeated Ron Avery of McQueeney, the chairman of the conservative Constitution Party in Guadalupe County, and trial attorney and Democrat Frank Enriquez of McAllen by taking nearly 68 percent of the more than 77,000 votes cast in the House race.

Cuellar's two main political rivals, Bonilla and Rodriguez, ran against each other in the 23rd, and Rodriguez won the election in the runoff. The Republican Bonilla was hence out of Congress for the first time since his upset election in 1992.

2008

Cuellar was unopposed in the March 4, 2008 Democratic primary.

In the November 4 general election, Cuellar easily defeated Republican James Taylor Fish (born 1958), a San Antonio-based health-care consultant who resides in Cibolo in Guadalupe County.[5] Jim Fish, as he is known, was a health-care administrator for seventeen years while he served in the United States Air Force. He also taught finance at the Army-Baylor University Graduate School of Health Care Administration. Fish, an ordained Southern Baptist deacon, opposed same-sex marriage. Fish said that he had decided to oppose Cuellar after watching the congressman's exchange with Sheriff Rick Flores over border security issues on a 2007 broadcast of the Glenn Beck television program, then on CNN.[6]

Cuellar received 123,310 votes (68.7 percent) to Fish's 52,394 (29.2 percent) and 3,715 (2.1 percent) for Libertarian Ross Lynn Leone (born September 8, 1946) of Seguin. In his native Webb County, Cuellar polled 41,567 votes (89.5 percent) to Fish's 4,089 votes (8.9 percent).[7]

2010

Cuellar was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in 2010. Motivated by Cuellar's votes on cap and trade and the Obama health care initiative, two Republicans, Daniel Chavez, a utility company employee from Mission in Hidalgo County, and Bryan Keith Underwood, a carpenter from Seguin in Guadalupe County, filed for their party's nomination to oppose Cuellar in the November 2 general election. Underwood polled 13,599 votes (73.9 percent) to Chavez's 4,794 (26.1 percent).[8]

Underwood raised more funds than Cuellar's previous Republican opponents, but questions were raised in Underwood's hometown newspaper, the Seguin Gazette, about his criminal record, which included a guilty plea for a felony criminal mischief charge, which is normally a misdemeanor. Underwood had also refused on one occasion to present his identification to a law enforcement officer.

Cuellar prevailed, as expected, with 62,055 votes (56.2 percent) to Underwood's 46,417 (42 percent). The remaining 1,880 votes (1.7 percent) were cast for Libertarian Party candidate Stephen Kaat. While Underwood won in Guadalupe, Wilson, McMullen, and Atascosa counties, Cuellar's margin in his own heavily Democratic Webb County (25,415 to 3,569) was more than enough assure him a seat in the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives.[9]

2012

Cuellar was opposed in the November 6 general election by Republican William R. Hayward, an ostrich rancher from San Marcos in Hays County, and the Libertarian Patrick Hisel, a physician.[10] Hisel ran unsuccessfully as a Libertarian in 2010 against the Republican U.S. Representative Kay Granger from the Tarrant County-based 12th District. Hisel's current city of residence is unknown.

Guadalupe County, a Republican stronghold that usually opposed Cuellar for reelection, was removed from the reconfigured District 28.[11]

Cuellar defeated Hayward,112,262 (67.9 percent) to 49,095 (29.7 percent). Hisel polled 1.5 percent of the vote, and a Green Party candidate held the remaining .8 of 1 percent of the ballots.[12][13]

Tenure

Cuellar is a member of the New Democrat Coalition. He is a Senior Whip, the only Texas Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, and the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

Cuellar describes himself as a "moderate-centrist." The Wall Street Journal has called him "a pro-growth Member [of Congress] in the John F. Kennedy mold," while the National Journal has described him as “the most centrist member of the Texas congressional delegation.”[14] The Issues2000 website classifies Cuellar as a “Moderate Liberal Populist.”[15]

Cuellar's ratings from various groups include the following: NARAL Pro-Choice America, 50; National Right to Life Center, 20; ACLU, 67; Human Rights Campaign, 70; American Conservative Union, 12; Americans for Democratic Action, 80; Drum Major Institute, A; Family Research Council, 29; Children's Defense Fund, 100; League of Conservation Voters, 100; Numbers USA, D; American Public Health Association, 89; Alliance for Retired Americans, 88; AFL-CIO, 81; National Education Association, A; AFSCME, 86; BIPAC, 60; Chamber of Commerce, 72; Club for Growth, 9; National Federation of Independent Business, 73; Taxes & Spending Americans for Tax Reform, 15; Citizens Against Government Waste, 22; National Taxpayers Union, 7; Defense and Peace Council for a Livable World, 50; Center for Security Policy, 50; Friends Committee on National Legislation, 50; Peace Action, 23; Gunowners of America, C; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 0.[16]

A supporter of gun rights and opponent of abortion rights, Cuellar is the only Blue Dog Democrat in Texas's Congressional delegation. According to his campaign website, his “top priorities are accessibility to constituents, education, healthcare, supporting veterans, serving seniors, providing for small businesses, enhancing homeland security, ensuring border security, advancing trade and taking any other action that supports hard-working families and individuals.”[17]

On August 30, 2010, Cuellar's essay "Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times" appeared in the Huffington Post, in which he argued that "Education is the gateway to opportunity.” Cuellar lamented that "only 75 percent of American students graduate from high school, compared to 93 percent in South Korea" and that "41 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. do not have a high school diploma, compared with 14 percent of white adults." Many readers posted comments to the effect that the astronomical cost of higher education in a time when there was no guarantee of a job after graduation made its value considerably more suspect than Cuellar suggested.[18]

Bipartisanship

Although a Democrat, Cuellar has close ties to Rick Perry, George W. Bush, and other Republicans, and has made bipartisanship a watchword of his political career. In the 2006 primary, he gained the endorsement of the Club for Growth, a conservative group that usually endorses Republicans. His endorsement of Bush for President in 2000 heightened concerns for a time that he might defect to the GOP, but he supported John F. Kerry in 2004. At the joint session of Congress at which Bush delivered his 2006 State of the Union address, a Washington Post photographer snapped a photo of Cuellar standing on the Republican side of the aisle, beaming as President Bush affectionately grabbed his face. Soon after the release of this photo, campaign contributions for his Democratic primary opponent, Ciro Rodriguez, saw an immediate and considerable increase. Cuellar defeated Rodriguez in the primary election and since then has played a more significant role in the Democratic House Caucus.

On February 10, 2010, The Hill ran an article headlined “Long shunned, Cuellar now embraced by House Dems” by Molly K. Hooper. It began: “Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) is finally a member of the club. Shunned by Democratic colleagues years ago, Cuellar has worked to build relationships in the House and is no longer considered an outsider in his own caucus.” Hooper noted that while House Democrats had been irked by Cuellar's 2004 primary challenge to Rodriguez and his 2000 endorsement of Bush, “Times have changed. Cuellar...has been a team player at crucial times this Congress. Days before the House climate change vote, Cuellar was telling a colleague he was going to vote no when Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tapped him on the shoulder. 'Henry,' Pelosi said, 'can I talk to you about your vote?' President Barack Obama also lobbied Cuellar, who subsequently voted for the bill. Under pressure from the White House, the 54-year-old lawmaker also backed the healthcare bill after securing provisions on medical malpractice.”

Nonetheless, noted Hooper, “Cuellar...still votes against his party. He rejected the first House bailout bill, which was voted down, but backed the final version that passed in the fall of 2008. Cuellar was also one of 27 Democrats who opposed the House financial regulatory reform bill, a top priority for Obama. Cuellar consistently works with members on both sides of the aisle, a rarity for House members. In fact, he says his best friend in the lower chamber is a Republican: Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas).”[19]

Issues

On June 26, 2009, Cuellar voted with the House majority to pass, 219-212, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, also known as the cap and trade bill[20] He also supported the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which narrowly passed the House and in December 2009 met the threshold for shutting off debate in the U.S. Senate by a single vote. As a pro-life Democrat, Cuellar expressed concerns that the Senate health care bill allowed federal funding for abortion. Cuellar voted on March 21, 2010, for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which passed the chamber by a vote of 219-212.[21]

On June 15, 2007, Cuellar announced that he was endorsing then U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President in 2008, saying that "Senator Clinton is the only candidate with the experience and toughness to hit the ground running on her first day in the White House." In 2007, Cuellar held a fundraiser for Clinton in Laredo, which raised over $200,000 – aided by the presence of former President Bill Clinton. Laredo's Democratic Mayor Raul G. Salinas joined Cuellar in giving his early support to Hillary Clinton, who came to Laredo in October 2008 to endorse Cuellar's reelection to the U.S. House. On November 4, 2008, Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain in Webb County with 71% of the vote to McCain's 28%.

Congressman Cuellar is the author and one of two main co-sponsors of legislation seeking to honor slain ICE agent Jaime Zapata. Billed as a border security bill, it would increase cooperation among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies during investigations of human and drug smuggling from Mexico.

In 2013, in a statement with House colleagues Beto O'Rourke of El Paso and Filemon Vela of Brownsville, Cuellar renewed his opposition to a border fence along the Rio Grande between the United States and Mexico. He denounced inclusion in the Senate immigration bill of an amendment sponsored by Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, which calls for seven hundred additional miles of border fencing. Cuellar called the fence an antiquated solution to a new-age problem. The fence, he said, ignores the economic ties between the two nations which reached $500 billion in 2012.[22]

Committee assignments

Personal life

Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, have two daughters, Christina Alexandra and Catherine Ann. The city of Laredo has recognized him by naming two schools in his honor: the Doctor Henry Cuellar Elementary School and the Representative Henry Cuellar Charter School.

In 2014, Cuellar will portray George Washington in the annual Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo.[24]

References

  1. ^ Nick Georgiou, "Judge vote is closest: Cuellar-Castillo wins by 9.4 points," Laredo Morning Times, December 12, 2010, p. 1
  2. ^ "Henry Roberto Cuellar (D) <img src="http://images.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/_common/images/D_medium.gif" width="30" height="22" border="0" align="absmiddle">
    Challenger"    . USA Today. April 16, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)". Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Redistrict Ruling May Affect Nov Election, Ruling That Congressional District in Texas Is Unconstitutional May Effect Nov Election - CBS News". [dead link‍]
  5. ^ Julian Aguilar, "DA, sheriff tilts evoke lively campaign brawls", Laredo Morning Times, January 4, 2008, pp. 1, 11A; http://preview.ussearch.com/preview/newsearch;jsessionid=618096F8C7F060B6E662B8F7B2BCCEF9?searchFName=james&searchMName=&searchLName=fish&searchCity=cibolo&searchState=TX&searchApproxAge=45&adID=10002101&searchtab=people&x=40&y=15
  6. ^ Julian Aguilar, "Jim Fish steps up to run against Cuellar for House", Laredo Morning Times, October 10, 2008, p. 3A
  7. ^ Texas Secretary of State, November 4, 2008, election returns:http://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov04_141_state.htm
  8. ^ "Texas Republican primary election returns, March 2, 2010". sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  9. ^ "Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010". enr.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  10. ^ "Texas". politics1.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  11. ^ "ON THE BALLOT: Filing finally closes for upcoming primary, March 10, 2012". Seguin Gazette. Retrieved March 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/
  13. ^ "Texas general election returns, November 6, 2012". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  14. ^ "Cuellar Biography". Henry Cuellar House.
  15. ^ "On The Issues". On The Issues.
  16. ^ "Rep. Henry Cuellar". The Hill.
  17. ^ "Cuellar About". Henry Cuellar House.
  18. ^ "Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times". Huffington Post.
  19. ^ Hooper, Molly (10 February 2010). "Long shunned, Dems embrace Cuellar". The Hill.
  20. ^ "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 477". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
  21. ^ Christina Bellantoni. "Cuellar To Vote 'Yes' | TPMDC". Tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com. Retrieved 2010-08-29. {{cite web}}: Text "March 20, 2010, 5:11PM" ignored (help)
  22. ^ JJ Velasquez, "Immigration Reform: Cuellar sounds off on Senate bill", Laredo Morning Times, July 5, 2013, pp. 1, 9A
  23. ^ Laredo Morning Times, December 15, 2012, p. 3
  24. ^ Miguel Timoshenkov, "Congressman, educator named new George, Martha", Laredo Morning Times, April 2, 2013, p. 3A
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 43 (Laredo)
1987–1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 42 (Laredo)
1993–2001 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Texas
January–October 2001 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 28th congressional district
2005–present 		Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
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