Press Releases
Sep 27, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber welcomed today’s announcement of a $5.7 million federal grant that will help pay for a large solar project covering part of the parking area at Tucson International Airport.
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Sep 26, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today welcomed announcements that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $6.5 million in grants to the University of Arizona for solar-energy research.
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Sep 24, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will host U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas today for a briefing at the Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration based at the University of Arizona.
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Sep 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today said the House should not be leaving Washington for seven weeks and he urged his colleagues to stay in Washington to work on a myriad of problems facing the nation.
Sep 20, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today questioned a Justice Department investigator about who was to blame for the botched Operation Fast and Furious gun-running investigation.
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Sep 19, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today released the following statement on the death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, who died in a vehicle accident yesterday:
U.S. REP. RON BARBER WELCOMES $23.5 MILLION IN CONTRACTS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today welcomed a pair of contracts totaling nearly $23.5 million for construction at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and software development at Fort Huachuca.
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Sep 17, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has completed a productive 90 days in office – a time in which he introduced three bipartisan bills while spending most of his time working in Southern Arizona, hearing the opinions and views of thousands of constituents.
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Sep 17, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will present the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery tonight to the family of slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
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Sep 14, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will present the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to the family of slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Monday.
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Sep 14, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today promoted Tucson for future training missions of the Air Force’s next generation stealth fighter jet. In a letter, sent this morning, he urged the U.S. Air Force to consider the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard for the next round of basing for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Sep 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today introduced an amendment to a spending bill that would have protected services to veterans that are due to expire at the end of the year.
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Sep 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today will vote against a proposal that would make painful cuts to services for children, women, seniors and students while protecting oil company subsidies and tax cuts for the wealthiest.
Sep 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve veterans’ access to health care by making it easier for them to be treated by private doctors and other caregivers.
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Sep 12, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today issued the following statement on yesterday’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya in which four Americans were killed. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was among those who died.
Sep 11, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today made the following statement on the floor of the House on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Sep 10, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today announced that Pima Prevention Partnership has received a $200,000 federal grant to be used in an innovative program in which teens accused of some crimes are judged by their peers.
Sep 6, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today announced that Pima Prevention Partnership will receive a $400,000 federal grant to expand a program that mentors the children of Arizona prison inmates.
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Sep 5, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber on Saturday will hold his third Congress On Your Corner, hearing from constituents in an informal session at a supermarket in the Green Valley/Sahuarita area.