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Author Archives: Roan

Pull the plug on RMA waste, fraud, & abuse

By Roan | Published: August 5, 2011
TURF’s statement to the San Antonio City Council (San Antonio, TX – August 4, 2011) If there’s one thing the taxpayers are tired of, its bailouts. Extending the RMA’s loan rather than having them default is a bailout of the RMA, putting it on another year of life support and giving them permission to blow through [...]
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Discovery Green Flea Brings Unique Shopping Experience to Downtown

By Roan | Published: July 28, 2011
New market offers an array of vintage, recycled and collectable items Discovery Green Flea, a one-of-a-kind destination market, will debut on Saturday, September 17 in Houston’s popular downtown park. Held on the third Saturday of each month this fall from noon – 6 p.m., the market will feature numerous merchants and their recycled, renewed and [...]
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Congressman Ted Poe on the Balanced Budget Amendment

By Roan | Published: July 28, 2011
As negotiations on the debt limit continue in Washington, DC I remain committed to core conservative principles. We must cut spending, not raise taxes. I will not support a proposal that includes tax increases. Since coming to Congress, I have never voted in favor of any legislation that increases taxes and that will not change [...]
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King Opens Third Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Radicalization, Focusing on al Shabaab

By Roan | Published: July 27, 2011
Washington, D.C. (Wednesday, July 27, 2011) – This morning, U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, convenes the hearing entitled “Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland.” The prepared opening statement of Chairman King follows: “Good morning. Today, we hold [...]
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