WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton--along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman--announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Arkansas Public Housing Agencies $3,458,460 in funding to support the prevention, preparation, and response to the coronavirus pandemic in public housing. "As Arkansas continues to combat the impact  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: August 7, 2020....Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today led a letter alongside U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton--and Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, and Bruce Westerman--urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to amend eligibility thresholds when determining the high-impact payments through the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund to ensure hospitals who saw late s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement: In a vote of 217-197, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7617, which is comprised of six appropriations bills for FY 2021. * * * "Once again, Speaker Pelosi has charged ahead with a spending package that does nothing more than appease her far-left, progressive acolytes. This bill does not prioritize the values of hardworking, taxpaying Arkansas families who are trying but struggling during this pandemic.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today led a letter alongside U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton--and Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, and Bruce Westerman--urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to amend eligibility thresholds when determining the high-impact payments through the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund to ensure hospitals who saw late surges in hospitaliz  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Arkansas.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: August 6, 2020....U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton--along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman--announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Arkansas Public Housing Agencies $3,458,460 in funding to support the prevention, preparation, and response to the coronavirus pandemic in public housing. "As Arkansas con  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: As the U.S. continues to see COVID-19 death numbers and PPE shortages climb, U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Rick Crawford (R-AR) introduced the bipartisan American Made Strategic National Stockpile Act, which would require the purchase of American-made goods for the Strategic National Stockpile. The duo introduced the legislation just as President Trump's signed an Executive Order encouraging f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Arkansas. "Presid  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: As more Americans are taking precautions to avoid exposure to COVID-19, they are relying more on their at-home broadband connection for work, school and health care. This can be extremely challenging for Arkansans who don't have access to reliable broadband in their homes. We long ago recognized the need to expand broadband, but this crisis has magnified the urgency to close the digital divide that puts rur  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced an amendment to the HEALS Act that would prohibit any funds in the HEALS Act-or residual CARES Act funds-from supporting any entity that is under Chinese ownership, control, or influence. The legislation also mandates that the Secretary of the Treasury claw back CARES Act funds provided to Chinese firms. The amendment comes in response to reports http  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 7: * * * Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated an injunction imposed by the district court preventing enforcement of Arkansas's law prohibiting "dismemberment abortions": "After years of obstruction and delay, Arkansas is one step closer to protecting unborn babies from the barbaric method of dismemberment abortion. "T  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 7: * * * Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the president's Executive Order on TikTok: "ByteDance is a Chinese company subject to control of the Chinese Communist Party. "Its ownership of TikTok puts at risks the privacy of Americans, especially our kids, and potentially subjects them to manipulation by Beijing. "I commend the president for ordering ByteDance to d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) today introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, a bill that protects the First Amendment rights of students at public universities from unconstitutional speech codes and so-called free speech zones. It also requires private colleges and universities   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: A potentially life-saving initiative led by U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Mark Warner (D-VA) that will create a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant program to leverage veteran-serving non-profits and other community networks in order to reduce veteran suicides has passed the Senate. The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, a comprehensive bill that expands v  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (VA) on Wednesday passed legislation championed by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) that would improve VA care and services for women veterans. The Deborah Sampson Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Boozman and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), would eliminate barriers to care and services that many women veterans face and help ensure the VA can address the needs of women  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia), introduced the Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act, a bill that expands the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act--which allows current and retired LEOs to carry concealed firearms--to include current and retired state, local, and federal prosecutors, as well as federal judges. Bill text may be  more