U.S. Senator John Boozman, Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) made the following statements today after joining a bipartisan group of 45 other members of the House and Senate to send a letter to FAA Administrator Huerta asking for details of the agency’s plan to close 189 contract control towers because of… Read more »
The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 933, a Continuing Resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown and continue government operations until the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2013. The legislation includes a full-year Defense Appropriations bill, as well as a full-year Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. These two individual… Read more »
The President has the authority to make appointments when the Senate is not in session, and, on January 4, 2012, during a pro forma session of Congress, President Obama appointed Sharon Block, Terence F. Flynn, and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Obama’s so-called… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement in response to the cancelation of all self-guided White House tours due to sequestration:
“President Obama proposed the “sequester” and, since it went into effect, has been hell-bent on making its implementation as painful as possible. Today, he announced that the White House will be shutting its doors to Americans… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on the sequester:
“America has a spending problem. Unfortunately, the President opted to take the easy route by refusing to make the real reforms and targeted cuts we need and, instead, let his sequester implement irresponsible, across-the-board cuts to discretionary and defense spending without addressing the true… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s sequestration remarks:
“President Obama proposed the devastating, across-the-board spending cuts – known as the “sequester” – that disproportionately affect our service men and women by putting fifty percent of the $1.2 trillion cut on their backs. Today, he called on Congress to… Read more »
On April 5, 2012, the President signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) into law. Among other things, the bill raised the shareholder registration threshold from 500 to 2,000 and increased the deregistration threshold from 300 to 1,200 for banks and bank holding companies. Unfortunately, the JOBS Act did not explicitly extend the thresholds to savings and… Read more »
A bipartisan group of 53 Senators and Representatives today introduced a bill that resolves the differences between bills introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives last Congress that would allow local brick-and-mortar retailers to compete more effectively against out-of-state internet sellers. The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 would give states the option to… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address:
“In tonight's State of the Union address, President Obama's call for bipartisanship and a smarter – rather than bigger – government stood in stark contrast to his actions during the first four years of his presidency. Unfortunately for him, those actions… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that it will suspend Saturday mail delivery, effective August 1, 2013:
“Much like the federal government, the United States Postal Service has been hemorrhaging money for years. I commend USPS for making tough – but necessary – decisions to ensure a… Read more »
