Washington, DC—September 19, 2019….Congressman Steve Womack, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, today testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. He shared perspectives on the work of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, which he was privileged to Co-Chair last year, and provided insights on budget and… Read more »
Washington, DC—September 10, 2019….Continuing his work to support those who have defended our freedom, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today testified before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on the need for increased accountability and transparency at VA Medical Centers. He discussed the egregious misconduct of a former pathologist at the Fayetteville VA and called for an… Read more »
Washington, DC—August 20, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced indictment charges against the former VA Medical Center pathologist who was previously found to be impaired and misdiagnosed multiple patients.
“Those who risk their lives for our country deserve the highest caliber of care possible.… Read more »
Washington, DC—August 1, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered a review of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program, which is a major cloud computing contract for the Department of Defense. Congressman Womack has followed the program closely and continually expressed ethical and policy… Read more »
Washington, DC—July 23, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on the confirmation of Mark Esper as the U.S. Secretary of Defense:
“Strong military leadership is critical to U.S. security, and I applaud the Senate for confirming Mark Esper as our nation’s next Secretary of Defense. I know him personally – he is a proven leader who has commanded troops in… Read more »
Washington, DC – July 23, 2019….U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03) and Bruce Westerman (AR-04), are signaling their support for a proposed rule that would see rural hospitals receive higher levels of reimbursement from Medicare.
In a letter written to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… Read more »
Washington, DC—July 18, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after House Democrats pushed their Raise the Wage Act, an unprecedented anti-jobs, anti-worker minimum wage bill, on the floor today. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that this legislation could cause a loss of nearly 4 million jobs. In contrast to pro-growth Republican… Read more »
Washington, DC—July 16, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after the House voted on H. Res. 489:
“While I don’t condone recent remarks by the President, I will not support a Democrat effort to single out President Trump when members of the majority party are on the record with hateful, disparaging, and anti-Semitic remarks of their own without… Read more »
Washington, DC—July 12, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after House Democrats politicized the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is historically a bipartisan initiative that supports our national defense, to pass a partisan version of the bill. With today’s vote, the House version of the NDAA received its lowest level of support since… Read more »
Washington, DC—July 9, 2019….Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), Chairman of the West Point Board of Visitors, and a bipartisan group of congressional representatives traveled to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to learn about cadet training programs and discuss the ongoing work to educate and support the young men and women who volunteer to serve our country. The… Read more »
