Green Energy is the future of job growth in South Texas
Promote green energy as a driver of job growth in South Texas.
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Evidence
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The campaign video page lists a video titled "Green Energy is the future of job growth in South Texas."
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Cuellar said he would vote yes on the Inflation Reduction Act, described it as providing $369 billion for energy security and climate programs, and said it would drive a transition to a cleaner energy economy while creating good-paying jobs.
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Cuellar said the TAMIU grant "stands to generate jobs in clean energy development" and would help train a workforce for energy-transition work in South Texas.
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Cuellar’s office said District 28 has 30 active clean energy projects generating 3,548 MW, with more projects planned, and quoted Cuellar saying the district is "producing more energy" and "creating more jobs."
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Cuellar said, "I’ve always said that South Texas doesn’t have to choose between oil and gas and clean energy," and added that the district is "producing more energy, creating more jobs, and generating more local tax revenue than ever before."
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Cuellar said the project "stands to generate jobs in clean energy development" and would help communities transition to clean energy solutions.
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Cuellar's office said he voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, described it as creating good-paying jobs, delivering the largest climate investment in U.S. history, and driving a transition to a cleaner energy economy.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 420 on H.R. 5376 as passed, 220-207, and listed Henry Cuellar, Democrat of Texas, voting Yea.
Assessments
The promise was to promote green energy as a job-growth driver in South Texas, not to achieve a specific emissions target or jobs number. During the same federal term, Cuellar publicly framed clean energy as creating good-paying jobs for South Texans and voted for H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which he described as a major energy, climate, and jobs package. Later district statements and clean-energy funding announcements reinforce continued promotion, but same-term public advocacy and legislative support are sufficient for delivery.
Cuellar made the promised promotion of green energy as an economic and jobs strategy through public advocacy and by supporting the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, a major federal clean-energy and jobs package, during the same federal term. Later evidence from 2024-2025 further shows continued promotion of clean-energy workforce funding and clean-energy buildout in South Texas, but the core promised action was already materially advanced in the same term. Because the promise was framed as promoting green energy rather than achieving a specific statutory or project completion target, the record supports full delivery rather than only partial credit.
Cuellar fulfilled the promise at the level available to a U.S. House member: he publicly promoted green energy as a South Texas jobs strategy and supported the Inflation Reduction Act, a major federal clean-energy and jobs package, during the same term. Later evidence of clean-energy projects and workforce funding in the district further supports continued delivery, but the core promise was promotional and policy-support oriented rather than a guarantee of a specific jobs target.