Washington, DC—July 29, 2021....Following his advocacy and repeated calls to secure funding for our defenders, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today voted to pass the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations bill. The legislation provides emergency funding to reimburse the National Guard and Capitol Police for their missions of securing the U.S. Capitol grounds and also supports a program to help our Afghan allies who have stood side-by-side our troops and helped keep them safe. Without these warranted funds, both organizations would have been forced to cancel critical trainings and face dire impacts to their readiness and operations.

Congressman Womack said, “There is no excuse for why it took Congress until the eleventh hour to do its job. I am relieved for our National Guard and Capitol Police. Our men and women in uniform should never be left wondering if they’ll be able to continue essential operations. I wouldn’t have stopped calling for action until a bill was on the President’s desk.”

The legislation provides $106 million for Capitol Police, $300 million for increased Capitol physical security measures, and just over $1 billion for the Department of Defense, which includes $521 million for the National Guard and $500 million for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program needs.

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) has represented Arkansas’s Third Congressional District since 2011. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.

womack.house.gov

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