This week the Department of Labor’s proposed rules that would classify the children of farm families as illegal child laborers came to the forefront. Since last August the Department of Labor has been considering new rules that would impose heavy fines on farm families whose children help with regular chores, feed livestock, drive a tractor or help with planting. The proposed child labor rules are the latest battle in the Obama Administration’s war on agriculture. Since August, the Department of...
Today, Congressman Rick Crawford announced the Department of Labor is dropping a proposed rule that would have imposed child labor laws on farm families. The Labor Department made the announcement late yesterday after hearing from farm families across the country. “Families in Arkansas should make decisions about raising their children and providing for their families, not bureaucrats from the Labor Department in Washington. This is a huge victory for farm families in Arkansas and across the cou...
WASHINGTON – Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner appointed Congressman Rick Crawford to serve on a Conference Committee made up of House and Senate members who will be tasked with resolving the differences between the House and Senate Highway Bill extensions. “Our nation’s crumbling infrastructure cannot be ignored. The House and the Senate must come together to produce a long-term transportation bill to fund vital construction projects. On the Conference Committee I will be a voice for rur...
U.S. Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue presents Congressman Rick Crawford with the Spirit of Enterprise Award. WASHINGTON – Congressman Rick Crawford recently received the Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes Crawford’s support for pro-jobs, pro-growth policies during the first session of the 112th Congress. “Small businesses are the backbone of Arkansas’s economy. In Congress I am working to get government out of the way so that small business entrepre...
Recent revelations of the General Services Administration’s spending scandal are a prime example of why Americans do not have faith in their government. In 2010, the General Services Administration hosted an opulent conference in Las Vegas that cost the American taxpayers $822,000 dollars. Wasting taxpayer dollars should never be tolerated. During a hearing this week on Capitol Hill, I questioned Robert Peck, the former General Services Administration Public Buildings Services Commissioner about...
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rick Crawford voted for H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 to protect the rights of American sportsmen to hunt and fish. The legislation will remove roadblocks for hunters and fishermen on public lands and will guard against new regulations that could block or limit access to hunting and fishing. H.R. 4089 passed with a bipartisan vote of 274 to 146 in the House of Representatives. “In Arkansas, hunting and fishing are a way of life. For generations families...
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rick Crawford voted for H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012 to give our nation’s small businesses more opportunity to create jobs and grow the economy. The legislation allows small businesses to deduct 20% of their income from taxes regardless of how the company is legally structured. Small businesses that file their taxes as a corporation, a limited liability company, or a sole proprietorship, will benefit from this new deduction. “Arkansas small busin...
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rick Crawford grilled Robert Peck, the former General Services Administration Public Buildings Services Commissioner, over A pattern of wasteful spending from the agency. Crawford questioned Peck during a Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee hearing in the wake of recent revelations about an $823,000 GSA conference in Las Vegas, a wasteful employee award program that handed out hundreds of thousands of dollars in iPods, electronics, gift cards and other ...
JONESBORO – To meet the needs of the constituents in his district, Congressman Rick Crawford will have a representative at the Prairie County Courthouse Annex Building on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Crawford Mobile Office visit to Des Arc Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:00PM-3:00PM Prairie County Courthouse Annex Building 605 Highway 38 East Des Arc, AR “My staff will be in Des Arc on April 25th to help anyone who might need help with a federal agency or program like Medicare, VA benefits or Social S...
JONESBORO – To meet the needs of the constituents in his district, Congressman Rick Crawford will have a representative at the Brinkley Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Crawford Mobile Office visit to Brinkley Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:00AM-11:00AM Brinkley Chamber of Commerce 217 West Cypress Street Brinkley, AR “My staff will be in Brinkley on April 25th to help anyone who might need help with a federal agency or program like Medicare, VA benefits or Social Security,” said C...
