Press Releases
Oct 12, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER WILL HOST SOLAR EVENT, VISIT TUCSON MEET YOURSELF
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber will host a solar event with religious organizations that have installed solar panels and also visit Tucson’s most popular annual festival where members of his staff will be available to help constituents.
Oct 11, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER HOSTS VISITING SON OF TUCSON SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber is hosting an 8-year-old boy who is in Tucson this week visiting the grave of his father, a Tucson native who was killed in Afghanistan three years ago.
Oct 9, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER WILL SPEAK AT VAIL HEALTH CENTER OPENING, TOUR SOLAR PROJECT
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber tomorrow will speak at the opening of a community health center in Vail and tour a new solar facility that is one of the largest solar power plants in Southern Arizona.
Oct 5, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER’S STATEMENT ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELEASED BY FBI AND BORDER PATROL IN AGENT’S DEATH
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today issued the following statement after investigators offered new information that U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie may have been killed this week by accidental friendly fire in Southern Arizona, five miles north of the U.S. Mexico border.
Oct 4, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER’S OFFICE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE ACADEMIES
TUCSON – U. S. Rep. Ron Barber is accepting applications from high school students in southern Arizona who are interested in receiving a congressional nomination to attend one of America’s prestigious service academies.
Oct 2, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER HOSTS A TOP MEMBER OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber is hosting Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, for briefings and tours on Southern Arizona’s military installations.
Oct 2, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER’S STATEMENT ON MURDER OF BORDER PATROL AGENT
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement about today’s shooting death of a Border Patrol agent near Bisbee in Barber’s Southern Arizona district. A second agent was wounded and is hospitalized, recovering from his injuries.
Oct 1, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER WILL PRESENT TWO MEDALS TO 73-YEAR-OLD VETERAN TODAY
TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ron Barber today will present two military medals to a 73-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who served in the South China Sea during the Cold War more than five decades ago.
Sep 27, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER APPLAUDS FUNDING FOR LARGE SOLAR PROJECT AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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.
Sep 26, 2012
U.S. REP. RON BARBER WELCOMES $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR SOLAR RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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.
