Press Releases

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following video in response to the release of President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request: “Well, here it is: The President’s 2017 budget… Two thousand pages.  $4 trillion in spending.  It represents an increase in spending of $2.5 trillion over the ten-year window, and it raises taxes on hardworking Americans by… Read more »

After reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to deny urgently needed assistance to American cotton farmers and rural communities that depend on our domestic cotton industry, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-1), the Subcommittee Chairman for General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, along with Rep. French Hill (AR-2), Rep. Steve… Read more »

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,… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »