WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman-Backed Recycling Legislation Passes Senate Committee WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate EPW Committee, applauded committee passage of the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) and Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today released a discussion draft of a bill to establish a framework for the issuance and operation of dollar-denominated payment stablecoins in the United States. Cha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the importance of U.S. mineral security and the ways the U.S. can work to establish secure domestic mineral supply chains. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response: "As the Chinese Communist Party continues t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed seven House Committee on Natural Resources bills with significant bipartisan support. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The bills we passed this week show real bipartisan solutions are possible in Washingto  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, led by Subcommittee Chairman Dan Meuser (PA-09), to examine the negative effects of the Biden Administration's Operation Choke Point 2.0 and hear testimony by those affected and experts in the digital assets ecosystem to understand t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Womack Cosponsored Bill Curbing Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Passes House Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act, with Congressman Steve Womack's (AR-3) support. He's a cosponsor of the measure, which permanently extends President Trump's 2018 Schedule I classification of fentanyl-related substances to give law enforcement the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Womack Reintroduces Bill to Protect Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) reintroduced the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025. This bill would permanently extend a pandemic-related exemption that currently allows healthcare professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prescribe medically necessary controlled   more