Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - Earlier today, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-1) and nine other members of the House of Representatives announced the formation of a bi-partisan Cuba Working Group that will seek for greater U.S. engagement with Cuba.

Washington, D.C. - Earlier today, the Government Accountability office ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency's social media campaign to increase support for it's Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS) broke the law by engaging in ‘covert propaganda.'

Washington - Earlier tonight, Representative Rick Crawford introduced H.R. 4033, The Refugee Relocation Security Act. The Refugee Relocation Security Act would put an immediate moratorium on the relocation of refugees from Syria and Iraq into the United States.

Washington - Last night, Representative Rick Crawford's amendment #60, which allows an exemption for agricultural vehicles on Future I-555, was included in H.R. 3763, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, or the "Highway Bill." H.R. 3763, which passed the House earlier this morning, will now proceed to the conferencing process with the Senate bill, to which Senator John Boozman has added similar exemption language.

On October 26th, Congressional leaders and the White House announced a budget agreement that would suspend the debt ceiling until March 16th, 2017. The agreement would also dramatically affect crop insurance policies previously passed in the 2014 Farm Bill.

Upon the agreement's announcement, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-1) released the following statement:

Washington, D.C. – On October 6th, 2015, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-1) introduced H.R. 3687, the Cuba Agricultural Exports Act on behalf on himself, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (TX-11), and Representative Ted Poe (TX-2).