Press Releases

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released today the following statement after the House passed H.R. 849, The Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017:  “Since its proposal, the vastly overreaching Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) has undoubtedly threatened our nation’s health care system. Eliminating IPAB is a necessary step to place seniors back… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, 64 bipartisan Members of the United States House of Representatives, led by Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Steve Womack (R-Ark.), and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt emphasizing the negative impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on American consumers and the economy and… Read more »

WASHINGTON– President Donald J. Trump today signed H.J. Res. 111, Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the Rule Submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Relating to “Arbitration Agreements.” On May 5, 2016, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection issued a rule to dramatically alter longstanding precedent of… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after the House adoption of the Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res. 71, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027: “My vote to support the budget resolution has little to… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency: “175 Americans die each day from a drug overdose. Our country simply cannot look the other way.  This is a national emergency and today’s announcement signals an unwavering commitment by this administration to… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03), and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) today sent a letter to acting Health and Human Services Secretary, Don Wright, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released today the following statement after the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 71, the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution- Building a Better America: “The budget that the House agreed to today is a responsible plan, a plan geared towards helping working families and small businesses across America. We must begin to move in a direction of… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released today the following statement after the framework for tax reform was released:   “Our current tax code is complicated, confusing, and full of special-interest loopholes. It has been 31 years since we have had major reform, and I am optimistic about the unified framework laid out today. Americans deserve to keep more of their… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Arkansas’s congressional delegation advocated for the preservation of states’ rights and a review of the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Project—an energy transmission line that stretches nearly 300 miles across the state—in a meeting with the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry on Monday. The latest step in the delegation’s efforts to highlight Clean Line’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released today the following statement after President Donald Trump imposed new economic sanctions on North Korea:   “Time and again North Korea has ignored international law. The Kim Jong Un regime continues to threaten not only the United States, but also our allies. I support the President’s recent sanctions in an effort to bring… Read more »