Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell ruling:
“Today’s ruling does not change the reality that Obamacare is fundamentally flawed, increasing costs for families and businesses alike, killing jobs, making full-time employment harder to find, and limiting choice in and access to health care. Congress… Read more »
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman – today sent a letter to President Obama supporting Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a federal disaster declaration for 33 Arkansas counties following severe storms and flooding.
The following is full text of the delegation’s letter:
We are writing… Read more »
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2016 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill offered by Congressmen Steve Womack (AR-3) and Tom Graves (GA-14). Prior to any rulemaking, Dodd-Frank directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to conduct a study on the arbitration process of consumer… Read more »
The House of Representatives today passed an Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2146, the Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, which provides Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and establishes a partnership between Congress and the Administration t0 ensure the United States secures the most effective trade agreements possible while bringing greater transparency, vigorous… Read more »
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3) and Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR-3) – along with a group of bipartisan lawmakers – today introduced the Remote Transaction Parity Act (RTPA; H.R. 2775), a bill that will modernize our nation’s outdated sales tax collection process. The legislation, which will be referred to the House Judiciary Committee because of its interstate commerce nexus,… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after passage of H.R. 2685, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, which provides the Department of Defense (DoD) $490.2 billion in discretionary funding and $88.4 billion for the Global War on Terror (GWOT) for fiscal year 2016:
“From ISIL to Boko Haram, America faces new and growing threats daily. … Read more »
U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1) French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4) – today requested that the Department of Energy (DOE) extend the comment period for the need and feasibility review of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project.
In a letter… Read more »
Each year, members of Congress have the privilege of making nominations to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA), the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). The honor of attending a Service Academy comes with the obligation to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.… 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 announced that 11 Arkansas airports have been awarded more than $6.5 million from the Department of Transportation to support facility upgrades and expansions.
“Transportation infrastructure is vital for local commerce… Read more »
Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited release of proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016, Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Jim Costa (D-CA) released the following statement:
“EPA’s 18-month delay in issuing these volume requirements, and the… Read more »
