Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after today’s Senate vote on and adoption of Senate Amendment 578 (S.Amdt.578) to Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (S.Con.Res.8), which establishes a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure marketplace fairness by allowing states to enforce state and local use tax laws:
“Our Main Streets, our state and local governments, and… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement today after the House passed the “Path to Prosperity” Fiscal Year 2014 budget:
“Families across the Third District of Arkansas and all over the country balance their budgets, and Congress owes it to these hardworking Americans to do the same. Washington's spending is out of control, and the House Budget is an… Read more »
Today, Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) introduced the Sensible School Lunch Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will provide school districts with greater flexibility in implementing new rules for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The House bill is a companion… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack is currently seeking hard-working college students to serve as interns in his Washington, D.C. office, as well as his district offices in Rogers, Fort Smith, and Harrison, for the following sessions:
Summer Session I: May 28, 2013 - June 28, 2013
Summer Session II: July 1, 2013 - August 2, 2013
A Congressional internship is a rewarding experience, and both… Read more »
U.S. Senator John Boozman, Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Tom Cotton (AR-4) made the following statements today after joining a bipartisan group of 45 other members of the House and Senate to send a letter to FAA Administrator Huerta asking for details of the agency’s plan to close 189 contract control towers because of… Read more »
“The freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance.” That’s Webster’s definition of free enterprise. And for far too long, the Supreme Court’s outdated Quill v. North Dakota decision has stood as a roadblock… Read more »
The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 933, a Continuing Resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown and continue government operations until the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2013. The legislation includes a full-year Defense Appropriations bill, as well as a full-year Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. These two individual… Read more »
The President has the authority to make appointments when the Senate is not in session, and, on January 4, 2012, during a pro forma session of Congress, President Obama appointed Sharon Block, Terence F. Flynn, and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Obama’s so-called… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement in response to the cancelation of all self-guided White House tours due to sequestration:
“President Obama proposed the “sequester” and, since it went into effect, has been hell-bent on making its implementation as painful as possible. Today, he announced that the White House will be shutting its doors to Americans… Read more »
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on the sequester:
“America has a spending problem. Unfortunately, the President opted to take the easy route by refusing to make the real reforms and targeted cuts we need and, instead, let his sequester implement irresponsible, across-the-board cuts to discretionary and defense spending without addressing the true… Read more »
