Representative Rick Crawford | First District of Arkansas

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  • Crawford: Bipartisan Farm Bill Sends Strong Signal of Support
    May 16, 2013 - Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) issued the following statement this morning after the House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 by a vote of 36 to 10: “The House Agriculture Committee has worked for the second year in a row to fas... More
  • Crawford Earns U.S. Chamber’s Spirit of Enterprise Award
    Apr 17, 2013 - Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber, presents Congressman Rick Crawford with the Chamber’s Spirit of Enterprise Award. Washington, DC – Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1) has earned the United States Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Award for the second sess... More
  • Crawford Appointed to Special Panel Tasked with Developing Freight Transportation Improvements
    Apr 16, 2013 - Washington, DC – Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV) today announced that Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) has been appointed to a special panel tasked with examining the current state of freight transportation in t... More
  • Crawford Joins Bipartisan Group of Legislators to Introduce RFS Reform Act
    Apr 11, 2013 - Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) joined Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) for the introduction of the RFS Reform Act in the United States House of Representatives: “The RFS debate is not just a debate about fuel or food. It is also a deba... More
  • Crawford: Even With Arkansas Plan, ObamaCare Is Unaffordable
    Apr 2, 2013 - Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1), issued the following statement regarding the so-called Arkansas Plan that would use federal Medicaid dollars to buy private insurance for low-income Arkansans: “Arkansas state legislative leaders are doing their best to make lemonade out of lemons, and I appl... More
  • Crawford To Boehner: Slow Down ObamaCare
    Mar 21, 2013 - Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner expressing his concerns over the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution. In the letter, Crawford tells Speaker Boehner he cannot support the final version of the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution unless ... More
  • Crawford: Mississippi River Caucus Formed
    Mar 21, 2013 - Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN) along with Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced the formation of the Mississippi River Caucus. The primary objective of the caucus is to ... More
  • Crawford: Budget Needs Permanent Spending Controls
    Mar 21, 2013 - Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), voted “NO” on the House Republican Budget Resolution because the legislation does not contain permanent spending controls. Crawford issued the following response to his vote: “When I told voters in my district that I will stand firm for permanent spending con... More
  • Arkansas House Members Introduce Sensible School Lunch Act
    Mar 19, 2013 - Today, Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), Tim Griffin (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3) and Tom Cotton (AR-4) introduced the Sensible School Lunch Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will provide school districts with greater flexibility in implementing new rules for the National Scho... More
  • Crawford Letter Demands Answers From EPA
    Mar 14, 2013 - Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) is leading a group of 40 House members in writing a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe expressing concern over the agency releasing livestock producers’ private information to extreme environmental groups and asking the Acting Director to ensure the re... More