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Consider Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
Written by Rep. Rick Crawford
Published by Paragould Daily Press
Cases of COVID, particularly the Delta variant, are fast increasing across Arkansas. Hospitalizations are also up sharply.
I'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one on TV. But right now, we need to focus on keeping Arkansans healthy and alive, so I want to share with my constituents my two cents on this vital issue.
Improving National Defense Against Ransomware
Written by Rep. Rick Crawford
Published by Arkansas Business
While America Slept, China Stole the Farm
Written by Chris Bennett
Published by AgWeb
American farmers are asleep as a thief strips machinery, barn, bins, and fields of all valuables—and then returns for more. China has breached the inner walls of the U.S. agriculture industry in what has arguably been the most expansive heist in farming history, and is currently attempting to steal or hack every conceivable facet of U.S. agriculture technology.
Cyberattack on food supply followed years of warnings
Virtually no mandatory cybersecurity rules govern the millions of food and agriculture businesses that account for about a fifth of the U.S. economy. And now, the risk has become real.
Written by Ryan McCrimmon and Martin Matishak
Published by Politico
State Rep. Rick Crawford, 1st District, recently announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Campaign.
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., tells Newsmax that after the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last month, he told fellow members of Congress that it was only a matter of time before the same thing happened to the food industry. Three weeks later it has.
WASHINGTON (KAIT) - A bill that would name the former Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville as the National Cold War Center was filed this week in the nation's capital.
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Dozens of people came out for Foodstock at the Shop Local Park in Jonesboro. The event was held to raise money for food insecurity.
On Saturday, Congressman Rick Crawford and his band Triple Nickel teamed up with the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas.