Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after President Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request to Congress:
“President Obama’s budget is more of the same. In it, the President calls for more spending and more taxes, and he fails to demonstrate the leadership for which the American people are looking and take steps towards getting our… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on his opposition to the Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act (S. 540), which today passed the House:
“Failing to raise the debt ceiling has extremely serious consequences, but raising it without making a single spending reform is equally as irresponsible, and that’s what this vote was. I simply could not support a… Read more »
On May 6, 2013, the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743/H.R. 684). The bill gives states the ability to require out-of-state sellers to collect sales and use taxes – rather than relying on consumers to remit those due taxes – if states simplify their sales and use tax systems. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee and awaits action in the… Read more »
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.
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Congressman Womack’s Teletown Hall
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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 »
