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Arkansas Delegation Expresses Support for Arkansas’s 1115 Waiver Request for Obamacare Relief

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WASHINGTON – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03), and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) today sent a letter to acting Health and Human Services Secretary, Don Wright, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

Womack Statement on Healthcare Stall

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) today released the following statement regarding the struggles to pass healthcare legislation through both houses:      “Early this morning, the Senate failed in delivering a healthcare bill that would rid the country of the collapsing Obamacare mandates. I am deeply saddened that we have come to this point as a Congress. With an…

ICYMI: Womack Voices Support for Budget Resolution, Repealing Obamacare on House Floor

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On Friday, January 13, 2017, in a speech given on the House Floor, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) spoke in support of S.Con.Res. 3, the budgetary and procedural measure that sets the congressional budget for the United States Government and begins the reconciliation process, the necessary first step in repealing Obamacare. S.Con.Res. 3 subsequently passed the House by a vote of…

Womack Votes to Override H.R. 3762 Veto

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House voted to override the President’s veto of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: “The passage of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act marked the first time Congress used the Reconciliation process since the Obama Administration did so six…

Womack Votes to Send Reconciliation Act to President's Desk

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: “For the first time, Congress has placed a repeal of the most onerous parts of Obamacare and an elimination of federal funding for Planned Parenthood on President Obama’s desk, forcing him to make a…

Policy Update: Combatting Opioid Addiction

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For the past seven months, the 114th Congress has been hard at work on the issues facing America. But there still is much to be done.  In this week’s newsletter (which you can sign up to receive here), I thought I would bring to your attention one of the bills I hope will join the 49 that have been signed into law so far this Congress – and that’s the Opioid Addiction Treatment…

Womack Applauds Passage of 21st Century Cures

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act:   “The NIH and the FDA have played a critical role in ensuring that Americans have access to the safest and most cutting-edge drugs in the world.  However, ever-increasing regulation from Washington has stifled innovation and slowed – even prevented…

Dr. Bucshon, Rep. Womack Introduce Bill to Combat Drug Addiction

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Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN-8) – joined by Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR-3) – introduced H.R. 2872, the Opioid Addiction Treatment Modernization Act, a bill to help combat the opioid abuse epidemic and ensure patients have access to appropriate treatments.  After introduction, the Congressmen released the below statements: “As a country, we are facing a growing, deadly…

Womack Statement on King v. Burwell

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell ruling:   “Today’s ruling does not change the reality that Obamacare is fundamentally flawed, increasing costs for families and businesses alike, killing jobs, making full-time employment harder to find, and limiting choice in and access to health care.  Congress…

Womack Applauds Permanent Doc Fix

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which repeals the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), replaces it with a formula that returns stability to Medicare physician payments, strengthens Medicare’s ability to fight fraud, provides funding for community health centers and…

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