---
type: Person
title: "Henry Cuellar"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - TX-28 — Congressional District 28"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - TX-28"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "TX"
district: "Congressional District 28"
represents: "us/states/tx/districts/28"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Appropriations"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations"
  - name: "House Committee on Appropriations - Defense"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/defense"
  - name: "House Committee on Appropriations - Homeland Security"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/homeland-security"
  - name: "House Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, tx]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Henry Cuellar

Current U.S. House of Representatives - TX-28 (Congressional District 28).

Represents [Congressional District 28](/us/states/tx/districts/28.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations.md)
- [House Committee on Appropriations - Defense](/us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/defense.md)
- [House Committee on Appropriations - Homeland Security](/us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/homeland-security.md) — **ranking-member**
- [House Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/house/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).