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Womack Statement on Indictment of Former VA Medical Center Pathologist

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Washington, DC—August 20, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced indictment charges against the former VA Medical Center pathologist who was previously found to be impaired and misdiagnosed multiple patients.  “Those who risk their lives for our country deserve the highest caliber of care possible.…

Womack Statement on Secretary of Defense Review of JEDI

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Washington, DC—August 1, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after Defense Secretary Mark Esper ordered a review of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program, which is a major cloud computing contract for the Department of Defense. Congressman Womack has followed the program closely and continually expressed ethical and policy…

Womack Statement on Confirmation of Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense

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Washington, DC—July 23, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement on the confirmation of Mark Esper as the U.S. Secretary of Defense: “Strong military leadership is critical to U.S. security, and I applaud the Senate for confirming Mark Esper as our nation’s next Secretary of Defense. I know him personally – he is a proven leader who has commanded troops in…

Arkansas Delegation Supports Proposed Rule to Aid State’s Rural Hospitals

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Washington, DC – July 23, 2019….U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03) and Bruce Westerman (AR-04), are signaling their support for a proposed rule that would see rural hospitals receive higher levels of reimbursement from Medicare. In a letter written to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

Womack Votes to Protect Jobs

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Washington, DC—July 18, 2019....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement after House Democrats pushed their Raise the Wage Act, an unprecedented anti-jobs, anti-worker minimum wage bill, on the floor today. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that this legislation could cause a loss of nearly 4 million jobs. In contrast to pro-growth Republican…