Skip to Content

Press Releases

Womack Congratulates 2014 U.S. Service Academy Appointees

| Posted in Press Releases

Each year, members of Congress have the privilege of making nominations to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA), the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAF), and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA).  The honor of attending a Service Academy comes with the obligation to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.  Today,…

Womack Statement on Shinseki Resignation

| Posted in Press Releases

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement in response to the resignation of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, General Eric Shinseki: “There are tremendous problems plaguing the VA and its ability to carry out one of the most important missions of our government – caring for our veterans.  It's been determined that the VA’s problems are…

Majority in House Agree There is a Problem with the RFS

| Posted in Press Releases

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to finalize 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Representatives Bob Goodlatte (VA-6), Jim Costa (CA-16), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Peter Welch (VT-AL) announced today that 218 Members of the House of Representatives have expressed concerns regarding the current ethanol mandate: “There is one…

Womack Applauds NDAA Passage

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Defense

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of H.R. 4435, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015: “In a time when bipartisanship and progress in Congress seem extinct, passage of the NDAA is an example of Republicans and Democrats alike coming together to do what is best for our troops and our national security.  I…

Womack Introduces JOE Act

| Posted in Press Releases

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the implementation of nutrition standards for foods sold in schools.  Prior to this law’s passage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) did not have authority to establish regulatory requirements for food sold in other areas of the school campus or at other times of the day.  In June 2013, the USDA published an interim…

Womack Supports VA Accountability

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Veterans

  Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 4301, the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014, of which he is a cosponsor: “The information that has come to light about the treatment of veterans in Phoenix and at several VA hospitals across the nation is minimally a breach of competence and is,…

Womack Statement on WRRDA Passage

| Posted in Press Releases

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement on the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA): “Today’s passage of WRRDA clears the way for critical projects that address the maintenance backlogs and modernization delays that have plagued MKARNS for far too long and have put at risk the system’s ability to remain open for…

Arkansas Delegation Announces Additional Disaster Assistance for State

| Posted in Press Releases

  U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today announced that eleven Arkansas counties have been added to the state’s major disaster declaration.  Earlier today, the delegation wrote to FEMA Administrator Fugate and the President in support of Governor Beebe’s…

Womack Participates in Offshore Energy Tour

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Energy

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced that he will join Representatives Michelle Bachmann (MN-6), Susan Brooks (IN-5), and Mark Sandford (SC-1) to participate in the 2014 Offshore Energy Tour with Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-1) in South Louisiana May 13 and 14.                                …

Arkansas Delegation United in Support of Request for Additional Disaster Assistance

| Posted in Press Releases

U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today expressed their support for Arkansas Governor Beebe’s request that Clay, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp, Faulkner, and White counties be added to the state’s major disaster declaration. The…