WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement: The House passed Congressman Crawford's motion to recommit on H.R. 2, the INVEST in America Act. The MTR amended the base text by preventing funding authorized in this bill from going to Chinese state owned enterprises participating in the Chinese Communist Party's ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. * * * "While I am dismayed that the T&I Committee has taken a decidedly partisan turn, I am gla  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following op-ed on Paycheck Protection Program, published in The Hill: In The Hill, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Darrin Williams, CEO of Southern Bancorp, an Arkansas-based CDFI penned an op-ed about how economic recovery in Arkansas across the country could be encouraged with the extension as well as modifications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). "The deadline to apply for PPP loans is Tuesday, but many businesses will st  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the below statement on H.R. 2, legislation that seeks to implement Green New Deal principles under the guise of infrastructure. While the topic is traditionally an area where both parties have found common ground, House Democrats hijacked the process to craft a one-sided messaging bill. The more than one trillion-dollar package includes liberal wish list items unrelated   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) applauded unanimous passage of legislation he helped introduce to ensure proper care and treatment of the men and women who served in our nation's uniform. The Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Act requires that any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care provider with a previously revoked license undergoes a third-party review of that provider's care. If the re  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: For more than a decade, Congress has improved access to new and existing treatments for veterans at risk of suicide and increased funding for programs to support suicide prevention. Unfortunately, the number of veterans who commit suicide each day has remained roughly unchanged. It's clear the approach we're taking isn't working. It's time to implement a new strategy. There are more than 50,000 organizati  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring that individuals who perform abortions at clinics have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital. * * * "Americans hoping for justice for women and unborn babies were let down again by John Roberts. "The Chief Justice may believe that he's protecting the institutional integrity of th  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement after China passed a national security law for Hong Kong: "Xi Jinping and his Communist thugs must face severe consequences for crushing Hong Kong's freedoms. "The House of Representatives should pass the Hong Kong Autonomy Act to impose punishing sanctions on Chinese Communist Party officials. "The administration should consider all options at its disposal to deny Beijing the benefits of Hong Kong's special   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the resumption of federal executions: "Daniel Lewis Lee is a white supremacist responsible for the heinous slaying of an entire family in Arkansas, including an 8-year-old girl. "Twenty years after a jury imposed the death penalty for these crimes, the Supreme Court has rightly allowed justice to proceed."  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Steve Daines (R-Montana), and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) held press conference to detail their opposition to making the District of Columbia a state. GRAHAM: "From a South Carolina point of view, this is not a good deal for us...This would dilute South Carolina's say in the United States Senate and it would empower the most radical agenda in modern Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Brian Stacy Miller, U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, testifying on behalf of the Judicial Conference, at a hearing entitled "The Judicial Conference's Recommendation for More Judgeships" on June 30: I am Brian Miller, District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources Subcommittee  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following hearing information: "The Judicial Conference's Recommendation for More Judgeships" at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 p.m.: Witnesses: * Brian Stacy Miller, United States District Judge, Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR * Christian Adams, President, Federal Bar Association, Honolulu, HI  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) introduced an amendment to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would create a commission to study all Department of Defense assets that are named after or commemorate the Confederacy or anyone associated with the Confederacy. The commission would submit a list of those assets to both Congress and the Secretary of Defense, w  more