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Arkansas Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for 39 Counties

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U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4), today urged President Barack Obama to support Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a major disaster declaration for Arkansas. From December 23, 2015, through January 23, 2016, Arkansas experienced a pattern of destructive storms,…

Womack Votes to Override H.R. 3762 Veto

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House voted to override the President’s veto of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: “The passage of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act marked the first time Congress used the Reconciliation process since the Obama Administration did so six…

Womack Accepting Summer 2016 Internship Applications

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) is seeking hard-working college students and recent graduates to serve as interns in his Washington, D.C. office, as well as his district offices in Rogers, Fort Smith, and Harrison, for the following sessions: Summer Session I: May 23, 2016 - July 1, 2016 Summer Session II: July 5, 2016 - August 12, 2016 A congressional internship is a rewarding…

Womack Announces 2016 John Paul Hammerschmidt Fellow

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced that Zachary Vann, who will graduate from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS) in December 2016, has been selected to serve as the 2016 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 (1966-1993), who…

Womack Responds to President Obama’s Final State of the Union Address

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) tonight released the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address: “After seven years of State of the Union addresses filled with broken promises and empty words, Americans are disheartened.  We ask ourselves if we’re better off now than we were seven years ago.  We ask if we are safer now than we were…

Womack Votes to Send Reconciliation Act to President's Desk

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: “For the first time, Congress has placed a repeal of the most onerous parts of Obamacare and an elimination of federal funding for Planned Parenthood on President Obama’s desk, forcing him to make a…

Womack Responds to President's Executive Order on Gun Control

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after President Obama announced a new executive order to restrict American gun ownership: “I wish I could say that I was surprised by the President's latest announcement to skirt Congress in order to push through his gun control agenda.  President Obama continues to reference false, misleading statistics to…

Womack Statement on Consolidated Appropriations Act

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Tags: Budget

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after House passage of the Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2029 with House Amendment #1 – Consolidated Appropriations Act: “In any negotiation there is give and take, and I certainly would have liked to see more in this Omnibus agreement, including language to block some of President Obama’s most…

Arkansas Delegation Meets with DOE Secretary for Answers on Transmission Line Project

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U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman, released the following statement after meeting today with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz to get thorough answers to questions they asked in September about the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project: “We appreciate Secretary…

Press Release: Womack Supports Passage of Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act

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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act: “I applaud the passage of this important bill to strengthen our national security, which takes the first of many steps to combat the threats posed by foreign fighters and anyone that tries to terrorize the American people.  The tragic San…