Press Releases
January 23, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1) issued the following statement after voting in support of the No Budget, No Pay legislation. The bill passed the House on a vote of 285-144.
January 22, 2013
Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), issued the following statement today on the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion in America:
January 19, 2013
JONESBORO, AR- Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), issued the following statement in advance of Monday's national holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
January 18, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), led a bipartisan coalition of House members in re-introducing the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act, or FUELS Act. The legislation would modify the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule that places an unnecessary burden on farmers and ranchers. The FUELS Act passed the House of Representatives in August of 2012 without a single dissenting vote, but stalled in the Senate.
January 16, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR), issued the following statement reiterating his strong support for the 2nd amendment rights of law-abiding citizens after hearing President Obama's proposal for gun policy:
January 9, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford, Senator Mark Pryor and Senator John Boozman announced 23 counties in Arkansas's First Congressional District have been declared primary or contiguous disaster counties by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) after last year's record drought. The disaster designation will give farm families access to assistance from USDA's Farm Service Agency.
January 4, 2013
On the first day of 2013, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Senate's so-called deal to avert the ‘fiscal cliff'. The Congressional Budget Office has predicted the Senate's deal will add nearly $4 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years. Ultimately I could not vote to support the Senate fiscal cliff plan because it did not do anything to address our nation's spending problem. Permanent spending controls are needed to ensure this Congress, and all future Congresses, do not spend our children and grandchildren into oblivion.
January 3, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) was sworn-in to a second term in the Congress during the formal swearing of members ceremony on the floor of the House of Representatives.
January 1, 2013
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) issued the following statement after voting against a so-called deal to avert the fiscal cliff by imposing job-killing taxes and failing to address America's spending and debt problems:
December 20, 2012
Today, House Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas (R-OK) announced that Congressman Rick Crawford will be named Chairman of the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development and Credit in the 113th Congress.