Today, Congressman Rick Crawford cast a vote in support of America’s family farmers. Crawford joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in voting to pass H.R. 6233: Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance. The legislation passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 222 to 197. “Over sixty percent of the country and nearly all of Arkansas is suffering from drought conditions. Today’s vote in the House will provide much needed relief for livestock and aquaculture producers in my district...
Nothing kills jobs faster than a Washington regulation. Too often federal agencies impose rules without talking to the people who will be forced to live with them. This week the House of Representatives took action to reduce the regulations small businesses face. With the passage of the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, the House gave small business owners and job creators some relief from onerous regulations. Since taking office, the Obama administration has had under revi...
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford voted to reduce excessive red tape and other bureaucratic burdens that prevent small business owners from hiring new workers and growing the economy. The Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078) passed the House of Representatives today and now awaits action from the Senate. “Nothing kills a job or stifles our economic recovery more than a Washington regulation. Today the House took action to get Washington bureaucrats off the backs of s...
Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted H.R. 3158, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Last Stewardship Act, out of committee. The legislation would modify the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule that places an unnecessary burden on farmers and ranchers. Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) sponsored the bipartisan legislation which moves to the full House for a vote. “The EPA’s spill containment regulation would cost farmers and ranchers literally tens of thousan...
Congressman Rick Crawford joined a bipartisan group of 62 House members urging House leaders to bring the Farm Bill (H.R. 6083) to a vote before August. The House Agriculture Committee passed the Farm Bill by a strong bipartisan vote of 35 to 11 on July 12th. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the lawmakers are requesting floor time to consider the bill so that it ca...
In a matter of weeks many current farm bill policies will expire. To protect farm families and Arkansas’s rural economy, Congress must work to complete a 2012 Farm Bill. This week I joined a bipartisan group of House members urging leadership to vote on the House Farm Bill before current legislation expires. For the better part of the last year the House Agriculture Committee has worked in a bipartisan fashion to craft a fiscally responsible Farm Bill that will work for farm families across the ...
Congressman Rick Crawford joined U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman today to announce that the Batesville Regional Airport will receive a $2,324,472 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for improvements and new construction projects at their facility. “The Batesville Airport is a regional transportation hub that helps area businesses grow. These federal dollars will extend the runway and allow the airport to continue helping small businesses in Independence County and the surr...
For the better part of the last year the House Agriculture Committee has worked in a bipartisan fashion to craft a fiscally responsible Farm Bill that will work for farm families across the country. This week, Democrats and Republicans on the Agriculture Committee joined together to pass the Farm Bill out of committee. At a time when many Americans have lost faith in the ability of Congress to accomplish great things, the House Agriculture Committee is an example of what can be done when partisa...
Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) issued the following statement this morning after the House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 by a vote of 35-11: “The House Agriculture Committee has worked in a bipartisan fashion to craft a fiscally responsible Farm Bill that will work for farm families across the country. Now that the bill has been voted out of committee, I am hopeful the full House will soon be able to consider this legis...
Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) today announced the amendment he cosponsored with Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-03), which would prevent the Department of Agriculture from closing any additional Farm Service Agency Offices until county workload assessments are completed, was accepted by the full House Committee on Agriculture and included in its mark-up of the Farm Bill. “The vote today shows Congress really can inject common sense into policymaking. Farm Service Offices provide American pro...
