Jonesboro, AR – Earlier today Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-1) met with several 1st District community pharmacists with stores in Sharp, Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett, and Lawrence counties to discuss problems relating to reimbursement rates from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Following the meeting’s conclusion, Congressman Rick Crawford released the following statement: “Our local pharmacies have endured many unnecessary burdens due to the practices at CVS/Caremark as a PBM. A...
Washington, DC – The leaders of the Congressional Steel Caucus have sent a letter to President Trump that requested an outlook on his action to support and protect the American steel industry in response to the Section 232 investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the impact of foreign steel imports on U.S national security. Specifically, Congressional Steel Caucus Co-Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR), Co-Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL), and Vice-Chairman Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN), sent a letter...
Washington, D.C. - President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018 to give his State of the Union address. After attending, Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) gave the follow remark: "Tonight President Trump outlined his first year in office, marked by reasonable deregulation and a historic tax reform package that has unleashed the economy across America, and Arkansas is no exception. But equally as important as what our government has achieved this past year is w...
Washington, D.C. - Thursday, President Trump announced he would support an immigration bill that included a path to citizenship for 1.8 million Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and increased funding for border security. In a response to this statement, Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) said the following: "I have always believed that increased border security must come first and foremost in any plan to address the children of illegal immigrants. Anything less would be enc...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford (AR-01), French Hill (AR-02), Steve Womack (AR-03) and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) sent a letter today to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry outlining Clean Line Energy Partners’ failure to comply with the agreement signed with the Department and urged Secretary Perry to pause or terminate the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Project. Late last year, Clean Line Energy Partners sold i...
Blytheville, AR - Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) announced today that his staff will host mobile offices in Manila and Gosnell, AR, on January, 25. Staff from Congressman Crawford’s office will be available to meet with constituents and offer assistance with any problems regarding federal issues or agencies, such as Medicare, Veteran Affairs, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, or Internal Revenue Service. Constituents are also invited to stop by and share their comments about issues in ...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Rick Nolan (MN-08) introduced the Century Farms Act. This important bi-partisan piece of legislation encourages and awards century farms. In the U.S., century farms represent 97 percent of all farms, and of those 90 percent represent small family farms. Currently, only 30 states recognize century farms. The Century Farms Act will create a program to recognize farms that have been in continuous operation for 100 years. “As a corn...
Washington, D.C. - Upon final passage of the Tax Reform and Jobs Act, Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) made the following statement. "On top of making it simpler to file every year, the vast majority of middle-income families in my district will get to keep more of their money to use as they wish, and 1st district businesses, both large and small, will be able to invest in new employees, assets, or pay raises. These changes will create new jobs in our rural towns and bring opportunity back from...
Cherry Valley, Ark. – Each year, students from across the country submit their app ideas for their district’s Congressional App Challenge. Today, Congressman Rick Crawford announced that out of 33 applicants, a group of students from Cross County High School is the winner of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for Arkansas’ 1st Congressional District. Isabella Guerrero, Anastacia Guerrero, Logan Turner, Caroline Ward, and their instructor, Jason Blake, created the ROA Calculator to assist indiv...
Washington, D.C. - Earlier today Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1. Upon passage he released the following statement: "Today, I supported the U.S. House’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act because it significantly simplifies the tax code and would allow more middle-income families and businesses in the 1st District of Arkansas to invest in themselves rather than in the federal government. In addition to nearly doubling the standard deduction for individual...
