News List
  • Arkansas Lawmakers Represent U.S. at NATO-PA Annual Meeting, Honor American Veterans Abroad
    Nov 9, 2009  - On Monday, two U.S. Representatives from Arkansas, Mike Ross (AR-04) and John Boozman (AR-03), joined an official, bipartisan U.S. delegation to Northern Ireland and Scotland for the annual session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly (NATO-PA).  Ross and Boozman, who are... More
  • House Passes Boozman’s Veterans Job Re-training Legislation
    Nov 3, 2009  - Legislation introduced by U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) that provides job training to unemployed veterans passed the House of Representatives Monday.   H.R. 1168 authorizes the U.S. Department of Labor to pay training assistance for veterans who have been unemployed for at least four mon... More
  • Boozman Legislation To Create Jobs Approved by Veterans Affairs Committee
    Oct 28, 2009  - U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR), the Ranking Republican on the Veterans Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, today applauded the Veterans Affairs Committee for passing the Veterans Retraining Act of 2009 that he introduced in February.   H.R. 1168 authorizes the U.S. Department of La... More
  • Boozman Introduces Legislation Honoring U.S. WWII Submarine Veterans
    Sep 24, 2009  - U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) leads congressional efforts to recognize U.S. World War II Submarine Veterans and the important roles they played in the Allied victory. The United States Submarine Force suffered the highest percentage of losses of any branch of the Armed Services during WWI... More
  • Boozman Calls for Briefing on Improvements to Female Veterans Health Care
    Sep 18, 2009  - U.S. Representative John Boozman, Ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee joined Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD) in leading a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki about the shortcomings in women veterans’ health care.  The letter rec... More
  • Boozman Expresses Concern about VA Publication
    Aug 27, 2009  -   U.S. Representative John Boozman, a member of the House Veteran's Affairs Committee sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki about "Your Life Your Choices," a publication on the VA website that provides information about end of life counseling. The following is the... More
  • Boozman Looking for Combat Medics and Corpsmen
    Jul 30, 2009  - U.S. Congressman John Boozman announced that he will recognize the men and women who tend to our wounded and dying troops on the battlefields during the Military Order of the Purple Heart Ceremony on Friday, August 7 at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville.   “Our wounded ... More
  • Boozman Supports Insurance Benefits for Veterans
    Jul 27, 2009  - U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement in the Congressional Record in support of veterans legislation that passed the House of Representatives on July 27, 2009: Madame Speaker, I rise before you today to express my support for several veterans’ bills that are on to... More
  • Floor Statement of H.R. 1172
    Jun 23, 2009  - Congressman Boozman introduced H.R. 1172 in February. In June, the legislation was up for a vote in the House of Representatives. Boozman gave the following statement about this legislation that will require the VA to include a list of scholarships for veterans and their survivors on the Department'... More
  • House Approves Boozman Legislation In Memory of Pat Tillman
    Jun 23, 2009  - Legislation introduced by U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to post a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on its website passed the House of Representatives with unanimous consent.   “This simple inn... More