Can't read more than 1 .txt file

I am trying to read 2 .txt files. But can only read one of them. It's always the .txt file I specify first (changed them round in the code and only the first .txt file gets read).
1. Firstly here is a snippet of my code for reading one .txt file (which works ok):
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'READ FILE 1
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim fp As StreamReader
        Try
            fp = File.OpenText(Server.MapPath(".\") & "requestFundsList.txt")
        txtMyFile.Text = fp.ReadToEnd()
       &nb ...