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The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the implementation of nutrition standards for foods sold in schools. Prior to this law’s passage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) did not have authority to establish regulatory requirements for food sold in other areas of the school campus or at other times of the day. In June 2013, the USDA published an interim final rule to… Read more »

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the implementation of nutrition standards for foods sold in schools.  Prior to this law’s passage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) did not have authority to establish regulatory requirements for food sold in other areas of the school campus or at other times of the day.  In June 2013, the USDA published an interim… Read more »

  Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 4301, the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014, of which he is a cosponsor: “The information that has come to light about the treatment of veterans in Phoenix and at several VA hospitals across the nation is minimally a breach of competence and is,… Read more »

Rep. Steve Womack is hoping to keep the java flowing at Harrison High School’s House of Grounds. Womack, a Republican from Rogers, filed legislation on Wednesday that would exempt such school-based enterprises from new federal nutrition standards aimed at improving healthy meal choices at schools. “This is yet another example of out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats tightening their grip… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement on the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA): “Today’s passage of WRRDA clears the way for critical projects that address the maintenance backlogs and modernization delays that have plagued MKARNS for far too long and have put at risk the system’s ability to remain open for… Read more »

A coffee shop located at Harrison High School could be getting some new wall decorations courtesy of Congressman Steve Womack. The Third District representative made the school one of his stops during his Harrison tour on Thursday. Womack visited the House of Grounds, a coffee shop operated by the school’s DECA program. According to DECA sponsor Chris Dorman, the coffee shop… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, told Cedarville High and Middle School students Friday that he visits schools all across the 3rd District, but he’d never had as nice a reception as he received at the Cedarville schools. The remark drew student and teacher applause and smiles. Womack first visited with Cedarville Elementary students who introduced him to the Student… Read more »

  U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today announced that eleven Arkansas counties have been added to the state’s major disaster declaration.  Earlier today, the delegation wrote to FEMA Administrator Fugate and the President in support of Governor Beebe’s… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced that he will join Representatives Michelle Bachmann (MN-6), Susan Brooks (IN-5), and Mark Sandford (SC-1) to participate in the 2014 Offshore Energy Tour with Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-1) in South Louisiana May 13 and 14.                                … Read more »

U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4), today expressed their support for Arkansas Governor Beebe’s request that Clay, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp, Faulkner, and White counties be added to the state’s major disaster declaration. The… Read more »