WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to increase funding for the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 spending bill. In their letter, the senators requested increased funding in line with the $13 million proposed in the Biden administration's budget. This increase comes after the senators sent a letter to President  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its final so-called "Conservation and Landscape Health" rule that will fundamentally upend the agency's longstanding, statutory multiple use and sustained yield mandate and cede control of federal lands to wealthy elites and environmental extremists. "This devastating decision threa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of legislation to improve responsible forest management and protect communities from catastrophic wildfires. "Due to repeated mismanagement and years of neglect, our federal forests are in crisis. The bipartisan conversations we had in today's he more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on April 16, 2024: * * * Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup and favorably reported nine bills. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Today, we're delivering proven solutions for wildlife habitat across the country. The House Committee on Natural Resources just pas more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Biden: Investigate and Ban Temu Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden about the retail application Temu and its harmful practices, including gathering massive amounts of Americans' personal data. Senator Cotton asked President Biden to address questions about the Chinese government's control over the app, Temu's violations of U.S. laws and regulations, a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Report Illegal Alien Attempts to Purchase Firearms Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cynthia Lummis, (R-Wyoming), and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), today introduced the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act. The legislation would require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to noti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Hey folks, In case you missed it, we recently hit the road and visited communities in Southern Colorado and on the Eastern Plains to discuss top of mind issues and meet with Coloradans like YOU! In Rocky Ford, we toured Hirakata Farms and discussed the importance of our agriculture industry with local ranchers, farmers, and producers. After Southern Coloradans have waited decades, we've helped sec more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to increase funding for the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) in the Fiscal Year 2025 spending bill. In their letter, the senators requested increased funding in line with the $13 million proposed in the Biden administration's budget. This increase comes after the senators sent a letter to President Biden e more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on April 19, 2024: * * * Today, President Joe Biden announced another step in his 30x30 agenda to lock up America's public lands and waters and remove public land access for local communities. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "President Biden, beholden to radical environment more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez regarding the process of selecting Floyd Bennett Field within the National Park Service's Gateway National Recreation A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 6046 and H.R. 5947, legislation cosponsored by Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) to comprehensively address the threat posed by Iran. Westerman released the following statement in support of the bills: "Iran is one of the world's foremost sponsors of terrorism. The Obama Administration set an unruly precedent of appeasing I more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Vice-Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Digital Assets Subcommittee, today released the following statement after multiple FinTech bills passed out of the House Financial Services Committee. "I am pleased to see several of our Digital Assets Subcommittee members join me in leading strong FinTech bills that passed out of our committee today. I am more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. David Scott (D-GA) today introduced bipartisan legislation that provides greater transparency in bank exams by establishing a new appeals process to resolve disagreements between banks and regulators. U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) sponsored the companion bill in the Senate. "Banks deserve to experience a fair and efficient supervisory examinati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Rep. French Hill (AR-02) sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pressing Director Chopra to provide clarity around the implementation timeline of their harmful small business data reporting rule, often referred to as the 1071 rule. "Building on the bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution and my legislation, the Small LENDER Act, this letter calls on the CFPB to delay  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. French Hill's (AR-02) bill, H.R. 4681, the Illicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act, passed the House Floor with a bipartisan vote of 410-13. This legislation would issue new, direct sanctions against the perpetrators who illicitly produce and traffic captagon. "Iran is the primary financer of Hamas and Hezbollah which further fuels their terror partnership with President Bashar al-Assad in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. French Hill's (R-AR) bill with Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA), H.R. 6245, the Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act, passed the House Floor with a bipartisan vote of 419-4. Rep. Hill said, "Iran's attacks on Israel are the latest example of their terror that continues to plague the world. The Iranian regime is the top sponsor of terrorism who enables terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah to carr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: * * * I've been on the road visiting with farmers, ranchers, foresters, rural community leaders and nutrition specialists since we began undertaking the daunting task of writing a new farm bill. At the invitation of my colleagues, I've traveled across the country to hear directly from stakeholders as to what we need to include in this contract between Congress and our nation's agriculture community. In more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement on the Senate's dismissal of the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: "The national emergency at our southern border is a direct result of the Biden administration's policies, which Sec. Mayorkas has implemented and defended while avoiding accountability. "By refusing to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) in leading a resolution designating April as Financial Literacy Month. Recognized by the U.S. Senate since 2004, Financial Literacy Month is a national celebration of financial empowerment that raises awareness on the importance of financial education and providing resources to he more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, requested information on how the Biden administration is developing its federal nutrition guidelines for A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), senior members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act which enables the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation partners along migratory flyways throughout the Western Hemisphere. This is the only federal grant program that ensures the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), senior members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, applauded passage of bipartisan legislation that will enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation partners along migratory flyways throughout the Western Hemisphere. The Senate approved the bill Wednesday and it now heads to the president's desk to be signed in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act. The bill will help address antisemitic sentiment and action on college campuses, which has been rising across the nation for years and spiked in the wake of Hamas' terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, by requiring the U.S. Department of Education to consider the International Holocaust Rememb more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) to introduce legislation that would require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and relevant local law enforcement when an illegal immigrant tries to purchase a gun. "Alerting the proper authori more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule which would bury public companies in paperwork, raise costs for consumers and stifle economic opportunity. "This burdensome rule is another backdoor attempt to enforce  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Carol Miller (WV-01), Danny Davis (IL-07), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Barry Moore (AL-02), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Jerry Nadler (NY-12) introduced the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize Second Chance Act programs for an additional five years and reduce recidivism rates nationwide. "Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: In response to Iran's unprovoked attack on Israel last weekend, House Republicans passed a slew of legislation to deter further aggression from Iran and support our ally, Israel. Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) supported every bill and is a cosponsor of two of them: H.R. 5947, To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, which passed the House of Representatives yesterday more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 22 Members of Congress in sending a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, decrying the United States Postal Service's (USPS) recent nationwide consolidation and review announcements that could severely diminish mail service reliability for postal networks across the country, including in Arkansas.  "A common theme o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: On Saturday, April 20, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) will host a U.S. Military Service Academy Day event for high school students from the Third District. Students will have the opportunity to speak with representatives from the U.S. Military Service Academies, alumni, and current cadets to learn more about the application, nomination, selection, and appointment processes. Information about the Arkansas  more PR