WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Boozman Applauds Senate Confirmation of USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Stephen Vaden to serve as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Depar  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider CFTC Chair Nominee WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider the nomination of Brian Quintenz to serve as Chairman and Commissioner of the  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Hill Applauds Bipartisan CLARITY Act Passing Through Committee Today, the House Committee on Financial Services, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), advanced H.R. 3633, the CLARITY Act, to the full House of Representatives. The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 32 to 19. Additionally, the House Agriculture Committee marked up the same bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Hill: We Have The Opportunity To Bring Long-Desired And Much-Needed Clarity To The Digital Asset Market House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) delivered the following statement at today's markup of the CLARITY Act, which would establish a regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States.  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Womack Questions HUD Secretary Scott Turner at Budget Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 10, 2025... Today, House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack (AR-3) led a public hearing on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Year 2026 budget request with Secretary Scott Turner s  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Charleston Native Joins Boozman's Washington Staff * WASHINGTON-- River Valley residents who contact U.S. Senator John Boozman's Washington, D.C. office may now wind up interacting with an acquaintance from their own community. Charleston native Katie Gage recently joined the senator's staff on Capitol Hill as a press assistant. "It is an honor to join Senator Boozman's team and contribute to the  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Improving Wildfire Resiliency and Recovery, Supporting Local Communities Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on four bills to bolster forest resiliency, improve research to fight wildfires and support local community needs, advancing President Trump's recent executive actions, including Executive O  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association issued the following statement on June 9, 2025: * * * PCMA Files Lawsuit to Stop Dangerous Arkansas Pharmacy Closure Law Washington, D.C. -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement after filing a lawsuit challenging Arkansas Act 624, a fundamentally flawed law that could shutter pharmacies, restrict access to critical medications for patients and families, increase health care co  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Signs State Waivers to Make America Healthy Again by Removing Unhealthy Foods from SNAP in Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah in Addition to Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska * (Washington, D.C., June 10, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed three new food choice waivers to Make America Healthy  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column on June 9, 2025: * * * Arkansas in Omaha: Honoring Natural State Heroism on D-Day While The Natural State is seemingly a world away from Normandy, France, our contributions to the daring undertaking there at a pivotal moment in World War II are remarkably linked. Eighty-one years after Operation Overlord, initiated with the "D-Day" operation, we solemnly honor the heroic Americans who sacrificed their li  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 10 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS and University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Partner to Offer College Credit to Doula Trainees By David Wise Participants in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation's doula training program are now able to receive college credit, thanks to a continued partnership between UAMS and the University of Arkansas Hope-T  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, June 10 -- The University of Central Arkansas issued the following news: * * * UCA partners with Air Force in new training program The University of Central Arkansas Aviation Academy welcomed eight cadets to campus through a new flight training program with the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) that kicked off Friday, June 6. This is UCA's first year to participate in the AFJROTC program. The campus welcomed Arkansas Air National Guard Lt. Col. Kend  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 10 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Sturgis Trust Awards $33K Grant to Little Rock Public Radio for Technology and Infrastructure Upgrades Little Rock Public Radio has received a $33,083 grant from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust to fund critical infrastructure and technology upgrades at its KUAR and KLRE stations. This latest gift continues the Sturgis Trust's longstanding support of Little Rock Public   more