Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz expressing concern over the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) consideration for a partnership with Clean Line Energy Partners through the Plains & Eastern transmission line project and frustration about the Department’s refusal to offer satisfactory answers to questions raised in past… Read more »
In September 2013, after successful joint-management program operation since 2009, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) determined that it no longer had the statutory authority to continue with the cooperative oversight of recreational facilities across the country, upon recognizing a gap in its legislative authorities. At the time of the USACE determination, ten such agreements… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today was appointed to serve on the House Appropriations Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittees, as well as receiving an appointment to serve on the House Committee on the Budget, for the 114th Congress:
“Since coming to Congress and being put on the… Read more »
The House today passed H.R. 37, the Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, which combines the text of 11 bills passed by the House during the 113th Congress and includes H.R. 801 as Title III, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, which was introduced by Representatives Steve Womack (AR-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), John Delaney (MD-6), and… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement in response to the passage of the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 240), which provides $39.7 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), prioritizes the security of our border and counterterrorism efforts, and protects us from threats at home and… Read more »
On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, Representative Steve Womack (AR-3) – along with Representatives John Duncan (TN-2), Robert Pittenger (NC-9), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4) –introduced H.R. 178, the Terrorist Denaturalization and Passport Revocation Act, to address the dangerous and unique threat to our homeland posed by U.S. citizens actively joining the ranks of terrorist organizations.… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement in response to the passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act (H.R. 3), a bill which authorizes the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline:
“Over six years have passed since the Keystone XL pipeline application was first submitted to the U.S. Department of State, and all… Read more »
Representative Steve Womack (AR-3) – along with Representatives Kevin Cramer (ND-AL), Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1), Phil Roe (TN-1), Bill Johnson (OH-6), and Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) – yesterday introduced H. J. Res. 9, a joint resolution which restores Congress’s constitutional authority to ban the desecration of the United States flag.
Until invalidated by the 1989 U.S. Supreme Court’s… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after taking the oath of office and being sworn in for a third term representing Arkansas’s Third District in the United States House of Representatives:
“Serving Third District Arkansans is an honor and a privilege, and as your representative, your priorities are my priorities. This new Congress is an… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack is currently seeking hard-working college students 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 25, 2015 - July 3, 2015
Summer Session II: July 6, 2015 - August 7, 2015
A congressional internship is a rewarding experience, and district… Read more »
