Washington - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Marion Berry (AR-01) today announced the ceremony that will dedicate the Swifton Post Office as the George Kell Post Office Building, and invited all residents to attend. The event will take place at 3 p.m. on … [Read more...]
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder Announce $2.2M for Arkansas’s National Cemeteries
Washington – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that national cemeteries in Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Little Rock will receive a total of $2,254,693 in Recovery Act funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to do … [Read more...]
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $40M to Improve Arkansas’s Lowest-Achieving Schools
Washington - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that Arkansas will receive $40,196,637 million in Recovery Act funds to make improvements to its persistently lowest-achieving schools. … [Read more...]
Jordan Hannink of Greenbrier have been selected as Arkansas’s delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP)
Washington – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor today announced that KenDrell Collins of Osceola and Jordan Hannink of Greenbrier have been selected as Arkansas’s delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). The two students were chosen from hundreds of applicants to be … [Read more...]
Pryor: Stimulus Watchdog Reports 79 Cases of Possible Fraud
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark Pryor today said that he is committed to going after people who waste taxpayer dollars through the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In response to a letter from Pryor last month, Chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency … [Read more...]
Statement by Senator Mark Pryor on the Retirement of Congressman Marion Berry
Congressman Berry has been a warrior for Arkansas, and I will miss his fighting spirit and resolve. From Marion’s years in the Clinton Administration to his time in Congress, he has been a tireless advocate for family farmers and rural America. I wish him well going forward, and I know he will … [Read more...]
Arkansas Lawmakers Announce Disaster Assistance For State
Washington – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02), John Boozman (AR-03), and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $1,238,564 to the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services to assist … [Read more...]
Pryor, Snowe Legislation to Spur Innovation, Economic Development with Science Parks Clears Committee Hurdle
Washington, DC – The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today unanimously passed legislation, introduced by Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), intended to spur innovation and economic development through the development of science parks. The Building a … [Read more...]