Press Releases
Aug 31, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber on Tuesday will host a Veterans Town Hall at the University of Arizona where veterans of all ages can talk with experts about health care, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, employment and other topics.
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Aug 29, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will meet with top city of Tucson officials tomorrow, including the mayor, city manager and heads of the police and fire departments, for a briefing on the Tucson police and fire departments’ current equipment, strategy and needs.
Aug 28, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today welcomed an announcement that Pima County has received a $1.25 million federal grant to help train veterans in Southern Arizona.
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Aug 27, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber this week will host two events focusing on solar power’s role in boosting the Southern Arizona economy and reducing the nation’s dependence on imported oil.
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Aug 24, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, after weeks of working with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, was pleased that the company will give 13 residents of a South Bisbee neighborhood seven more months to move from their homes that stand in the way of a mining reclamation project.
Aug 23, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will kick off the 58th Solar Power 101 workshop on Monday, continuing a community education series that has provided information to thousands of Southern Arizonans over the past five years.
REMINDER: U.S. REP. RON BARBER WILL HOST FREE FORUM ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE TOMORROW
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will host a free forum in Bisbee tomorrow that will help educate constituents on the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs.
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Aug 20, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has completed his first two months in office, winding up a period in which he introduced a pair of bipartisan bills, held more than two dozen meetings at the Capitol and spent time across his district meeting with eight mayors and thousands of constituents throughout Southern Arizona.
Aug 16, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber on Saturday will hold his second Congress On Your Corner event, hearing from constituents in an informal session in Sierra Vista.
Aug 16, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will speak at a free forum in Bisbee next week that will help educate constituents on the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs.
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Aug 10, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will spend a full day on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday as he is briefed by Border Patrol officials, tours parts of the border and also meets with the Douglas mayor and ranchers from Cochise County.
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Aug 9, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber is wrapping up a busy week in which he met with members of nearly a dozen Southern Arizona organizations representing everything from veterans to healthcare advocates, business leaders to international visitors.
Aug 8, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today welcomed an announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded $70,000 to the South Eastern Arizona Governments Association, or SEAGO, to help create jobs in rural areas of the state.
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Aug 3, 2012
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber and members of his constituent services staff will be downtown at the Tucson Farmers’ Market at Maynard’s on Saturday to meet with constituents and offer assistance with the federal government.
Aug 2, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today introduced bipartisan legislation that calls for the United States and Mexico to work cooperatively to fight Mexican criminal organizations that threaten people living on both sides of the border.
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Aug 1, 2012
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber said he will vote today for legislation that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts to American families earning less than $250,000 annually.