Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), joined by Senator John Boozman, Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler expressing concern over a potential increase in the “rate floor,” which determines the rate small rural carriers charge for voice services.
The letter reads, in part,… Read more »
Representatives Bob Goodlatte (VA-6), Jim Costa (CA-16), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Peter Welch (VT-AL) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on Friday requesting additional information on the challenges of implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) ethanol mandate. This letter is a follow-up to a recent meeting between the… Read more »
U.S. Senators Mark Pryor (AR), John Boozman (AR), and James Inhofe (OK), along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), Tom Cotton (AR-4), Jim Bridenstine (OK-1), Markwayne Mullin (OK-2), Frank Lucas (OK-3), Tom Cole (OK-4), and James Lankford (OK-5), sent a letter to Jo Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, voicing support… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after President Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request to Congress:
“President Obama’s budget is more of the same. In it, the President calls for more spending and more taxes, and he fails to demonstrate the leadership for which the American people are looking and take steps towards getting our… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on his opposition to the Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act (S. 540), which today passed the House:
“Failing to raise the debt ceiling has extremely serious consequences, but raising it without making a single spending reform is equally as irresponsible, and that’s what this vote was. I simply could not support a… Read more »
On May 6, 2013, the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743/H.R. 684). The bill gives states the ability to require out-of-state sellers to collect sales and use taxes – rather than relying on consumers to remit those due taxes – if states simplify their sales and use tax systems. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee and awaits action in the… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced he will be hosting an interactive town hall event on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, which will be open to all residents of the Third District of Arkansas.
WHAT:
Congressman Womack’s Teletown Hall
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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) was today appointed by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (KY-5) to serve as vice chairman of the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. He will serve as chair of the subcommittee in the absence of subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (GA-1) and assist him in official committee… Read more »
In a speech on the House Floor, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today addressed the farm bill. The conference report was subsequently approved in the House with a bipartisan vote of 251-166. In addition to reducing mandatory spending by $23 billion, the conference report makes important reforms to farm and food programs.
“For… Read more »
Congressmen Steve Womack (AR-3), Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) today joined a bipartisan group of 227 House colleagues to pass H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act. This legislation enacts a permanent ban on the use of all federal dollars to fund abortions and eliminates tax credits and subsidies for Obamacare health plans that include… Read more »
