Press Releases

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced he will be hosting an interactive town hall event on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, which will be open to all residents of the Third District of Arkansas. WHAT: Congressman Womack’s Teletown Hall … Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) was today appointed by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (KY-5) to serve as vice chairman of the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.  He will serve as chair of the subcommittee in the absence of subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (GA-1) and assist him in official committee… Read more »

In a speech on the House Floor, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today addressed the farm bill.  The conference report was subsequently approved in the House with a bipartisan vote of 251-166.  In addition to reducing mandatory spending by $23 billion, the conference report makes important reforms to farm and food programs.  “For… Read more »

Congressmen Steve Womack (AR-3), Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) today joined a bipartisan group of 227 House colleagues to pass H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act.  This legislation enacts a permanent ban on the use of all federal dollars to fund abortions and eliminates tax credits and subsidies for Obamacare health plans that include… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) tonight released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Obama called for a year of action and asked whether we in Congress are going to “help or hinder” America’s progress.  Unfortunately, I’m afraid our nation can’t take much more of the top-down, government-expanding “action” and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), along with 28 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern with his recent nominations to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, which fail to address community banks’ lack of representation on the Board. “The central bank supervises and regulates banks that are members of the Federal… Read more »

The House today voted on the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which provides $1.012 trillion in funding for the federal government for fiscal year 2014.  Notably, the Omnibus cuts discretionary spending for the fourth consecutive year, provides no new funding for Obamacare, protects life by maintaining a ban on the use of federal funds for abortion, upholds First Amendment rights by… Read more »

The House today passed H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, which was introduced by Representatives Steve Womack (AR-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), John Delaney (MD-6), and Ann Wagner (MO-2).  The legislation extends to savings and loan holding companies the shareholder registration thresholds that the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), along with U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Daniel M. Ashe challenging the critical habitat designation for the Neosho Mucket and Rabbitsfoot Mussell in Arkansas, a decision the delegation says… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), along with U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today applauded FEMA’s decision to designate Arkansas as a disaster area, making Arkansans eligible for financial assistance to recover from losses caused by last year’s severe winter storms.  In December, the… Read more »