Skip to Content

Budget

Womack Receives House Appropriations Subcommittee Appointments

| Posted in Press Releases

Congressman Steve Womack was appointed to serve on the following subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee: Defense: Department of Defense Financial Services and General Government: Department of the Treasury; District of Columbia; The Judiciary; Executive Office of the President Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies: Department of Education;…

Womack Statement on Fiscal Cliff Deal

| Posted in Press Releases
Tags: Budget

Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement on his support for the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8): “While I am disappointed this deal failed to address America’s most pressing issue – spending and our $16.4 trillion debt – it was imperative that we prevented the massive tax hike on the millions of Americans who can least afford…

188th Changes Its Leadership

| Posted in Articles

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…

Fort Smith May Host a Congressional Field Hearing

| Posted in Articles

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…

Online Sales Tax Battle Pits Amazon Against Norquist and Sen. DeMint

| Posted in Articles

Online Story HERE Kevin Bogardus and Bernie Becker Proponents of an online sales tax aren’t letting up in their push to move legislation through Congress this year, despite the opposition of conservative heavyweights. Retailers have been lobbying aggressively for legislation that would help states collect sales taxes from online purchases. Joining in the effort are state and local…