Defense

Congressman Steve Womack was the keynote speaker at Tyson’s 2012 Veterans Day Celebration today. Tyson Foods’ annual Veterans Day event is sponsored by Tyson’s Veterans Business Resource Group for military veterans employed at the company’s corporate offices.  The company is the leading supplier of food to the Defense Commissary Agency and has been helping feed the U.S. military and… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack sat down with KFSM's Daren Bobb and The City Wire's Michael Tilley over the weekend to talk local issues and the Federal Budget on the new "The City Wire" show on 5NEWS.  Both videos are below. Read more »

Online Story HERE By Hicham Raache - Times Record Col. Mark W. Anderson took the reigns of the 188th Fighter Wing during a change-of-command ceremony Saturday, attended by military personnel and political leaders. “You are blessed,” Anderson said to scores of members of the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing in attendance in uniform at the hangar of the Ebbing Air… Read more »

Online Story HERE Michael Tilley - The City Wire A request has been made to conduct a Congressional field hearing in Fort Smith related to U.S. defense budget cuts that would change the mission of the 188th Fighter Wing, according to U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers. Womack teased Saturday night (April 14) during his comments at the Sebastian County Lincoln Day Dinner that the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Womack released the below statement in response to the House passage of Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY13 budget. For more information, go to... Read more »

WASHINGTON—Congressman Steve Womack released the following quote regarding the Air Force’s budget plan for fiscal the year 2013, in which the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith would lose... Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack released the below statement via Facebook and Twitter regarding the 375th Anniversary of the National Guard... Read more »

The effects of the two FY1996 shutdowns on government activities and the public received extensive attention. Although the effects on the public of any future shutdown would not necessarily reflect past experience, past events may be illustrative of effects that are possible. Several examples follow that were reported in congressional hearings, news media, and agency accounts. Read more »

WASHINGTON–Congressman Steve Womack and his fellow House Republicans went above and beyond their “Pledge to America” by passing a Continuing Resolution that cut more than $100 billion from President Obama’s FY11 request Read more »