Washington, DC—May 21, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding Arkansas over $5 million in funding to expand access to COVID-19 testing in rural communities.
The investment—totaling $5,193,449—will be distributed to… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 19, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding $78 million to Arkansas to expand its testing capacity for COVID-19.
The funding is part of $11 billion from HHS to support nationwide testing for COVID-19… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 15, 2020....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) delivered remarks during debate on H.R. 6800, Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion liberal wish list, which is being considered by the House today. The partisan legislation is filled with mandates and wasteful spending on things unrelated to coronavirus, including provisions to federalize elections, bail out the postal service,… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 15, 2020....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today spoke on the House floor against H. Res. 965, a partisan rule change that would allow for proxy voting. The resolution would upend 200 years of precedent and fails to establish a safe and effective plan to bring House members back to work in Washington.
Watch Congressman Womack’s floor speech here.
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Washington, DC—May 14, 2020….Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) announced that he will vote against both H.R. 6800, a $3 trillion liberal wish-list developed by Speaker Pelosi behind closed doors, and H. Res. 965, partisan legislation that seeks to change centuries-old House rules and upend the lawmaking process. He released the following statements on his planned votes, which are expected… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 12, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Arkansas over $8 million in coronavirus relief to assist low-income families with energy costs.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment will receive… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 12, 2020....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement regarding the arrest of University of Arkansas Professor Simon Saw-Teong Ang. He was charged with wire fraud after he failed to disclose his ties to the Chinese government and Chinese companies:
“The charge against Simon Ang is serious, and I support both the DOJ’s and FBI’s efforts in this… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 8, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding federal funds to Arkansas health centers for expanded coronavirus testing.
The grants—totaling $4,766,433—were awarded by the Health Resources and… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 7, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—announced the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded Arkansas nearly $7 million to respond to public safety challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Providing resources to safeguard law enforcement and public safety… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 6, 2020….U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for awarding $8,190,367 in Community Development Block Grant funding to Arkansas to support the prevention, preparation and response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“This… Read more »