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• Tuesday, November 04, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Recommends Guidelines for Health Care Workers Returning from Ebola-Endemic Areas
  Gov. Rick Perry today announced the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response has recommended guidelines for the monitoring of health care workers and others returning to Texas from Ebola-endemic areas in West Africa. The governor has directed Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner Dr. David Lakey to begin implementing these recommendations.
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• Friday, October 31, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Grants Pardons to Four Individuals
  Gov. Rick Perry today granted full pardons to four individuals after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended such action.
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• Wednesday, October 29, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Perry on Recent Comments Made About Prime Minister Netanyahu by a Senior White House Official
  "I'm hopeful the President of the United States shares the complete and total disbelief many of us felt that a senior official working in the West Wing of the White House would use profanity to describe the leader of our greatest ally in the Middle East. The President should demand to know who said this and ask for their resignation as there is absolutely no excuse for such language coming out of the White House. If the President receives no answer as to who said this he should consider making wholesale changes to his staff in order to guard our vital interests and for the sake of maintaining an important relationship with a key ally."
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• Wednesday, October 29, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Welcomes Health Care Hero Back Home to Texas
  Early this morning, a nurse who has been working with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone returned home to Texas. While she currently shows no signs of the disease, her job in West Africa places her at "some" risk by CDC protocols. Upon her arrival at Austin-Bergstrom Airport, she was met by Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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• Tuesday, October 28, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Proclamation
  Gov. Perry Renews Proclamation Extending Drought Emergency
  Gov. Rick Perry has again renewed a proclamation extending drought emergency for specified counties due to the ongoing exceptional drought conditions across the state. The proclamation directs necessary resources be made available to aid response efforts and notes the ongoing strain on water resources.
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• Tuesday, October 28, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Announces TEF Investment Bringing More Than 200 Jobs to Seguin
  Gov. Rick Perry today announced the state is investing $800,000 from the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in Siro Group USA to close the deal on a manufacturing facility in Seguin that will create more than 200 jobs and pump $58.5 million in capital investment into the local economy.
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• Monday, October 27, 2014 • Plano, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Welcomes Toyota Headquarters to North Texas
  Gov. Rick Perry today welcomed Toyota's new North American headquarters to Plano. Once completed, the facility will bring nearly 4,000 jobs and more than $300 million in capital investment to North Texas.
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• Friday, October 24, 2014 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Perry on Nina Pham Being Declared Ebola-Free
  "News that Ms. Pham is free of the Ebola virus is certainly reason to celebrate and I ask all Texans to join me in wishing her a full and speedy recovery. We thank her for her heroism and selflessness in the battle against Ebola. Rest assured, Texas will not let our guard down in doing everything necessary to protect our state and our citizens from this dangerous disease."
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