WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a follow-up letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as part of the committee's ongoing investigation into the migrant encampment at Flo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, expressing concerns about China's attempts to weaponize its court system to steal American companies' critical wireless communications technologies. Senator Cotton urged Secretaries Blinken and Raimondo to employ a full range of legal and administrative tools to counter these unfair pract  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Jalisco Cartel Neutralization Act, legislation that would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to give Congress a briefing every 90 days on its efforts to eliminate the leadership of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The bill renews pressure on the administration to capture or kill the leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the most brutal and da  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (Ohio-04), along with 21 of their colleagues, filed a brief in the Supreme Court in Joseph Fischer v. United States. The brief opposes the Biden administration's weaponization of a financial crimes statute against January 6 defendants--some of whom weren't even at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The members are represented by Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Federal Lands Chairman Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) hosted a field hearing near the United States/Mexico border to further expose Biden's border crisis and its devastating effects on federal lands and local communities. "Biden's border crisis has tou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, issued the following news release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing focused on the Biden Administration's implementation of Buy America provisions, including updates prescribed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * Late last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed revisions to its Biological, Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health (BIDEH) policy and new regulations of the management of national wildlife refuges. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) issued the following statement in respons  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * This week, eight bills from the House Committee on Natural Resources passed the U.S. House of Representatives with significant bipartisan support. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "House Republicans are committed to delivering conservative wins for America, and this bipartisan gro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, issued the following news release: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) finalized a rule in November 2023, imposing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations despite lacking the authority from Congress to do so. This misguided regulation is another case of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup and favorably reported four bills. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The bills advancing out of the House Committee on Natural Resources today show the incredible breadth and scope of the solutions our members b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (Or-02) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (Oh-04) and 20 fellow members of Congress in filing an amicus (Friend of the Court) brief in the Supreme Court. The brief was filed in the case of Joseph Fischer v. the United States, challenging the lower Courts' decisions to apply what is a financial crimes statute against people linked to the events  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed an announcement from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) that it is awarding grants totaling $7 million to two communities in northeast Arkansas. The EDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is investing in healthcare workforce development in Newport and infrastructure improvements in Trumann: - Arkansas State University-New  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: The movie "Back to the Future Part II" famously predicted we would be driving flying cars by 2015. We're still driving on roads, but there is no question the automobile industry is evolving and changing how we move around. Today's vehicles are more reliable and fuel efficient. It's important they continue to be affordable even as more technology gets integrated. I'm championing initiatives to make that a re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined committee chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to introduce legislation to reauthorize federal habitat and wildlife conservation programs. The America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act builds on efforts to protect and preserve ecosystems from  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, said the most recent farm income forecast underscores the need to make meaningful investments in the farm bill's safety net programs. "We are witnessing the most rapid and steepest erosion in the farm economy of al  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL-06) and over a dozen of their colleagues, urged President Biden to strengthen the United States' maritime power at a moment when the People's Republic of China (PRC) is extending its influence in the South China Sea and the Houthis are attacking shipping in the Red Sea. In a letter to the president, the bip  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Last night, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that will have major implications on the U.S. economy. Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement: "These new industry killing standards on fine particulate matter have the potential to jeopardize millions of jobs   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) joined more than 150 Republicans in sending a letter to President Biden lambasting him for his de facto ban on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, a decision that jeopardizes the stability and affordability of natural gas domestically, hurts the American economy and jobs, undercuts our allies, and strengthens our adversaries. Click here to read as first reported by Fox N  more