Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of H.R. 4, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018, the first long-term reauthorization of our vital air services since 2012. The bill is a bipartisan, five-year extension and modernization of essential aviation infrastructure priorities.   “Enacting… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement today after the advancement of the fiscal year 2019 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations (MilCon/VA) bill out of subcommittee. This bill provides an increase of $4.2 billion in discretionary dollars to adequately care for veterans and military families. “This bill is a… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement following His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of France, addressing a joint session of Congress: “President Macron today delivered a unifying message on the special relationship between the United States and France. Our countries have stood together since the American Revolution, fighting for our shared ideals of… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.: “For far too long, Congress’s refusal to act on e-fairness has disadvantaged Main Street businesses and local governments. And today, by refusing to consider commonsense legislation that has been redrafted… Read more »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03), and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) announced more than $48 million in federal funding was approved for Arkansas to rebuild and repair roads and critical infrastructure damaged from heavy rains and floods. “These funds are critical to… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement following President Trump’s response to the chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people.   “The use of chemical weapons, by any nation, in any circumstance, will not be tolerated. I support the President’s strong response to the Assad regime’s actions. Syria must be held… Read more »

WASHINGTON— Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement following today’s House vote on H.J. Res. 2, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Womack voted in favor of the measure, which, if ratified by the states, would ultimately lead to a constitutional amendment ensuring that Congress not spend more than it receives each… Read more »

FORT SMITH, Ark. – Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced that Luke Barber, a member of the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith (UAFS) class of 2020, has been selected to serve as the 2018 John Paul Hammerschmidt (JPH) Fellow. The JPH Fellowship was established in 2013 in conjunction with UAFS and is named for former Arkansas Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt… Read more »

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and U.S. Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today jointly announced an additional $10 million in funding to dismantle the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) in southern Washington County, Arkansas.  SEFOR was decommissioned as a 20-megawat sodium-cooled nuclear test… Read more »

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) joined state and local community leaders in welcoming the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to the Third District of Arkansas on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Dr. Collins was sworn in as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on August 17, 2009, and continues to serve as… Read more »