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Texas lawmakers on borders blur lines with neighboring states
Interstate duties pull Texarkana's Rep Patman and others into cross border issues. The article lists Texas congressmen whose districts touch borders with Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana and notes exchanges with adjacent state reps. It highlights Carl Albert and family roots, and pairs Gonzales with Montoya in shared cross border banter in Spanish.
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Washingson
Acr
Ace Tee
Mexico
Lone Star
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Texarkana Federal
Texas
Arkansas
Patman
J. T. Rutherford
el Paso
Rio Grande
Big Bend
O. C. Fisher
Joe Kilgore
Laredo
Brownsville
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Ray Roberts
Graham Purcell
Walter Rogers
Rogers
George Mahon
Rutherford
New Mexico
Jack Brooks
Lindley Beckwork
Carl Albert
Red River
Robert
Albert
Solomon Scott
East
Sherman
Republic
Leona Scott
Gainesville
Pecos
Tom Morris
Tucumcari
Carbon
Eastland County
Brownwood High School