Press Releases

Building on President Obama’s efforts to help more students excel in math and science and his call for investments in a skilled American workforce, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack announced today that Southside High School from Fort Smith, AR, won the Arkansas High School Science Bowl on Saturday. Southside High School competed against 12 other teams… Read more »

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 sent a letter to President Obama and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate supporting Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe’s request for a disaster declaration for Central Arkansas following severe December snow storms and widespread power… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) is proud to announce the nomination of 15 students from the Third District for appointments to the United States Service Academies.  Each student nominated by Congressman Womack will go through the academies' competitive application processes.  If offered an appointment, the students will join their respective academy's class of 2015. U.S.… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s actions on gun control: “As President Obama said today, there is no set of laws – nor a piece of legislation – that will prevent every tragedy.  Limiting Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens is not the appropriate reaction to senseless acts of violence.  Congress –… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack was appointed to serve on the following subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee: Defense: Department of Defense Financial Services and General Government: Department of the Treasury; District of Columbia; The Judiciary; Executive Office of the President Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies: Department of Education;… Read more »

U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman today joined Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Steve Womack (AR-3) to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 61 Arkansas counties as disaster areas, making farmers and ranchers eligible for financial assistance to help them recover from losses caused by last year’s drought. “With our state… Read more »

The Arkansas Congressional Delegation’s efforts to save the 188th landed the Air Base a high ranking visitor. U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman, together with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) announce that the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Mark Welsh III will be visiting the 188th Fighter Wing on… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement after being sworn in for a second term representing Arkansas’s Third District in the United States House of Representatives: “I am truly grateful to continue to work on behalf of Third District Arkansans as a member of the United States House of Representatives.  America faces many challenges today, and, during the 113th… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement after taking 1,608 consecutive votes during the 112th Congress: "I am honored to have served as the voice for Arkansas’s Third District in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 112th Congress.  I take this responsibility very seriously and am proud to be one of six Members to have maintained a perfect voting… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement on his support for the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8): “While I am disappointed this deal failed to address America’s most pressing issue – spending and our $16.4 trillion debt – it was imperative that we prevented the massive tax hike on the millions of Americans who can least afford… Read more »