LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 9 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Rep. French Hill (AR-02) announced the launch of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for central Arkansas high school students. Each spring, each of the Member of the U.S. House of Representatives hosts a local high school art competition to recognize and celebrate the artistic talent across the congressional district. "The current public health crisis has disrupted almost every aspect of our li  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 4 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following op-ed in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on his role on the five-member Congressional Oversight Commission created by Congress to oversee federal spending as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: "Once the leaders of the House and Senate have filled the commission chair - the final appointment - we need to go to work," Rep. Hill contends; also arguing that the Commission must begin by asking   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on the Fourth District winners of the Congressional Art Competition: "I look forward to the art competition every year, and I'm always amazed by the talent and creativity of high school students around the district. "Even though COVID-19 forced us to move the whole program online this year, that didn't stop students from submitting incredible artwork! Thanks to all of our judges for taking time to select the  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) announced that Autumn Blaylock, a senior at Fayetteville High School, is the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District. Autumn's drawing, entitled "Pandemic Prom," will now be sent to Washington, D.C. to hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Congressman Womack said, "A big congratulations to Autumn on winning the 2020 Congressional Art Competitio  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Steve Womack, 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--applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for awarding $8,190,367 in Community Development Block Grant funding to Arkansas to support the prevention, preparation and response to the coronavirus pandemic. "This funding provides additional relief to the stat  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steve Womack, 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 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded Arkansas nearly $7 million to respond to public safety challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. "Providing resources to safeguard law enforcement and public safety officers is critical to the health and the well-bein  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steve Womack, 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--applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding federal funds to Arkansas health centers for expanded coronavirus testing. The grants--totaling $4,766,433--were awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to 12 HRSA-funded health  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: During National Foster Care Month, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to introduce legislation to improve access to mental health services for children in the foster care system. The Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Actwould require states to provide an initial mental health screening to foster children within 30 days of entry into  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- 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 Committee, applauded committee passage of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020. This bipartisan legislation includes Boozman-authored provisions to strengthen the nation's water resources. "Our nation's waterways are critical to transportation, job creation and promoting commerce. Investing in water resources is cruci  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is among a group of lawmakers urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to include nonprofits, charities and houses of worship in the fourth-phase relief proposal for the coronavirus pandemic. In a bipartisan letter led by Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Angus King (I-ME), Boozman and his colleagues ask Senate leadership   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, 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--applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for awarding $8,190,367 in Community Development Block Grant funding to Arkansas to support the prevention, preparation and response to the coronavirus pandemic. "This funding provides additional relief to the sta  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, 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 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded Arkansas nearly $7 million to respond to public safety challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. "Providing resources to safeguard law enforcement and public safety officers is critical to the health and the wellbeing  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Boozman, 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--applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding federal funds to Arkansas health centers for expanded coronavirus testing. The grants--totaling $4,766,433--were awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to 12 HRSA-funded health   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers the largest integrated health system in the country. There are over nine million veterans enrolled in the VA health care program, and it is vital to meet their needs in the midst of a pandemic. Arkansas is home to over 222,000 veterans, many of whom rely on the state's two VA Medical Centers and its network of community-based outpatient clinics for their h  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) introduced a bill to rename the street outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. "Li Wenliang Plaza." The bill honors the late Dr. Li Wenliang, the Wuhan-based doctor who warned the world about the coronavirus before the Chinese Communist Party silenced him. Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wy  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) along with Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) today sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to extend and expand his April 22, 2020 Proclamation on immigration. They ask the President to suspend all new guest worker visas for sixty days, and to suspend certain categories of new guest worker visas for at least the next yea  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) introduced companion bills to rename the street outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. "Li Wenliang Plaza." The bill honors the late Dr. Li Wenliang, the Wuhan-based doctor who warned the world about the coronavirus before the Chinese Communist Part  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced The Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act, a bill that makes U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) employees eligible for "danger pay" when serving abroad. A bipartisan companion bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Ben Cline (R-Virginia), Lou Correa (D-California), and Doug Collins (R-Georgia).   more