WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) applauded Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill that includes a provision he authored enabling Arkansas to designate a portion of Highway 67 from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge … [Read more...]
Congressman French Hill Statement on DOL Overtime Rule
May 18, 2016 by
WASHINGTON – Today, after the Department of Labor finalized its overtime rule, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement: “The Obama Administration’s decision to move forward with this rule ignores the more than 250,000 comments submitted to the agency that outline the … [Read more...]
House Passes Bill to Fully Fund National Security Priorities
May 18, 2016 by
WASHINGTON – Today, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 by a bipartisan vote of 277-147. The NDAA will provide $610.5 billion total in funding for national defense priorities, with $566.5 billion in base funding, and an additional $35.7 billion for Overseas … [Read more...]
U.S. Senators John Boozman Leads Effort to Improve Health Care Access for Arkansans
May 18, 2016 by
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation to ensure patients have timely and quality access to health care providers by enhancing the role of radiology assistants (RAs) and recognizing qualified RAs as non-physician providers. The Medicare Access … [Read more...]
Boozman Statement on Obama’s Transgender Bathroom Directive
May 17, 2016 by
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s directive on transgender access to bathrooms in public schools: “This is a shameful overreach by President Obama to push his beliefs on Arkansans and all Americans. Threatening our schools with … [Read more...]
