WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman's (R-Ark.) amendment #58 to H.R. 4821, the Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024. This amendment will reduce CEQ funding to its authorized level of $1 million. Westerman issue  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter to Pueblo Action Alliance (PAA) Executive Director Julia Bernal as part of the committee's ongoing oversight into U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's potential misuse of her   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to combat the ever-growing global food security crisis. The current band-aid approach to food security challenges is both insufficient and unsustainable. The Foundation for International Food Security Act would be a new model to tackle this growing global challenge by l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The House Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, involving a hearing on Oct. 19, 2023, entitled "Sounding the Alarm: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission": * * * Chairman Arrington, Ranking Member Boyle, and members of the Budget Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. I am encouraged by the recent public support for a Fiscal Commission that would address the fiscal challenges our nation faces, an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski regarding purported evidence of a foreign national potentially influencing the LCV and its related en  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4821, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024. The funding bill contains dozens of House Committee on Natural Resources member priorities. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) voted for H.R. 6126, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. He is an original cosponsor of this emergency package, which will provide $14.3 billion to America's ally, Israel, with resources needed to defend itself against the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists. The legislation is fully offset by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recessions. Congressman Womack said, "T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * The House Committee on Natural Resources held its member day hearing, giving members of Congress the opportunity to testify before the committee on issues of importance to them and their districts. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The legislation we work on in the House Committee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after leading a bipartisan CODEL to Poland and Ukraine: "This past week, I led a bipartisan delegation to Poland and Ukraine to assess first-hand the current conditions there and to hear directly from President Zelenskyy of the Ukrainian commitment to ejecting Putin's army from their sovereign nation. "While in Poland and Ukraine  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19) reintroduced the Price Stability Act to end the Federal Reserve's dual mandate and ensure that the central bank and Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) focus their efforts exclusively on containing inflation. The bill's introduction comes as the FOMC is convening for their monthly meeting where they will decide whether to raise i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today released the following statement after the House passed $14.3 billion in aid to Israel. "Israel is our strongest Middle East ally and needs our assistance now more than ever. I was proud to support Israel with the aid it needs to protect itself from Hamas' barbaric terrorist attacks. House Republicans passed critical aid for Israel and are returning necessar  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column on Oct. 30, 2023: * * * How the Farm Bill Can Help Producers Thrive in the Global Marketplace Our neighbors in Missouri were the latest to invite me to a Farm Bill listening tour in their rural communities. Show Me State producers shared their visions for the Farm Bill, and they mirrored what I heard in the other 16 states I visited. Updated risk management tools continue to be the top priority, but it is  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) launched the seventh year of his Congressional Youth Cabinet on Friday at the Statehouse Museum in Little Rock. The meeting brought together 100 high school juniors who were selected from public, private, charter and homeschool students across the state for their involvement and leadership in their communities. "I am pleased to welcome these young leaders who are interested  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Washington, DC--October 30, 2023...Today, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler demanding answers on the ongoing request for funding for the SEC headquarters, reports of delays and existing building lease extensions, and em  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Washington, DC--November 3, 2023...Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) voted for H.R. 4821, the FY24 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation claws back billions of dollars of funding for environmental and climate justice programs and prevents the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing burdensome regulati  more