WASHINGTON, D.C. — February 3, 2026… Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today voted in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. The package includes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act—legislation led by House Appropriations THUD Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—December 17, 2025… Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) issued the statement below regarding his support for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.
Congressman Womack said, “Our health care system needs reform to address rising premiums and overall health care costs. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act represents a step in the right… Read more »
Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), along with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), French Hill (AR-2) and Bruce Westerman (AR-4), and Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Boozman (R-AR), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), reintroduced the Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act. The legislation would prohibit the sale of poppy seeds that contain a harmful level… Read more »
Rogers, AR—October 23, 2024…Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) hosted National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., in the River Valley on Monday and in Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. Congressman Womack, Director Bertagnolli, and Senator John Boozman (R-AR) visited medical organizations, gained a comprehensive understanding of the region’s medical needs, and saw the… Read more »
Washington, DC—August 6, 2024…Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) introduced the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2024. This bill would permanently extend a current pandemic related exemption that allows health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deliver, distribute, and dispense medically necessary controlled substances to… Read more »
Washington, DC—May 25, 2023…Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) voted in support of his cosponsored legislation, H.R. 467, Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act. This legislation would permanently place all fentanyl-related substances (FRS) on schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. It also grants researchers the ability to conduct certain research on FRS by… Read more »
Washington, DC – January 31, 2023….Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today introduced the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Absence and Notification Timeline (VACANT) Act to ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers have the senior leadership they need to provide the oversight and accountability veterans deserve. The legislation requires the VA Secretary to ensure a plan… Read more »
Washington, DC—January 3, 2023….Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), secured funding for Third District of Arkansas priorities along with other critical defense and domestic programs included in the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus package. Below is a… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House passed S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, sending the bill, which improves access to experimental medications for terminally ill patients, to the President’s desk to be signed into law:
“Arkansas was the… Read more »
WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5247, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018, which improves access to experimental medications for terminally ill patients:
"By allowing terminally ill patients who have exhausted all options to try experimental -… Read more »
