Press Releases
Jan 31, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today urged that the system of radar blimps stationed along the southern border not be decommissioned, calling it essential to efforts to secure the border.
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Jan 28, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has been appointed to a leadership role on the Homeland Security Committee and said he will expand his efforts to improve security of the Southwestern border in this new role.
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Jan 25, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber tomorrow will hold his first Congress On Your Corner of 2013, meeting with constituents at a grocery store in Tucson.
Jan 23, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will attend several events in Sierra Vista tomorrow and hold a Congress On Your Corner in Tucson on Saturday during a busy work period in his Southern Arizona district.
Jan 23, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today voted with a bipartisan majority in the House to pass legislation that will hold members of Congress accountable if they fail to pass a federal budget.
Jan 16, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, a vice chair of the congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today attended the president’s speech releasing gun violence prevention measures. Barber’s initiative, Mental Health First Aid, was included as a component of the comprehensive proposal to reduce gun-related violence.
Jan 14, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today joined colleagues from the congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in a meeting with Vice President Joseph Biden as they discussed a comprehensive approach to reduce gun violence.
Jan 9, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today released a comprehensive study of Border Patrol strategies and resources which likely will drive changes in the areas where agents are assigned and the ways in which they operate.
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Jan 8, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber issued the following statement on today’s anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson:
Jan 7, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today announced the formation of a task force to provide advice to him as he works on mental-health recommendations that will be part of his efforts to prevent gun-related violence.
Jan 4, 2013
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TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will speak at three events this weekend as members of the community come together to remember the shooting on Jan. 8, 2011 in Northwest Tucson two years ago.
Jan 3, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today was sworn in for his first full term as a member of the House of Representatives, vowing to help more Southern Arizonans get jobs, continuing his work to secure the border, improving the plight of veterans and protecting military installations in his district.
Jan 1, 2013
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber tonight voted to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans while sharply criticizing congressional leaders for end-of-the year maneuvers that briefly took the nation over the fiscal cliff and failed to offer a long-term solution to automatic, across-the-board budget cuts.