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Ross Continues Town Hall Tour, Schedules 14 for August
Aug 10, 2011
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U.S. Congressman Mike Ross of Prescott will be continuing his town hall tour across Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District this year by hosting 14 town hall meetings in August. Ross, who held a series of town halls earlier this year, said the public forums are in addition to the series of monthly ...
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Ross: USDA Announces Disaster Assistance Funding
Sep 15, 2010
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U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today announced the United States Department of Agriculture has revealed it will release up to $630 million in disaster assistance funding for American farmers. As much as $550 million will be available for crop assistance funding to cotton, rice, soybean and ...
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Ross Calls on USDA to Reestablish Offices in Nashville and Camden
Sep 10, 2010
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Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, called on the United States Department of Agriculture to reestablish two Rural Development Offices in Nashville and Camden, both of which were closed in 2008. “Rural development is vital to providing jobs now and is an important part of the long-term ec...
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Legislative Update: Learning from the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Jun 21, 2010
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We are facing an unprecedented environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico and along its coast. For more than 60 days, the destroyed BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig has poured up to 60,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven lives were lost in the rig’s initial explosion and in its afte...
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Ross Leads U.S. House of Representatives in Moment of Silence
Jun 14, 2010
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U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, led the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday in a moment of silence to honor the lives lost in the recent flash floods that swept through the Albert Pike campground in southwest Arkansas. Joined by Texas Congressmen Ralph Hall, R-Tex., and John Fleming, R-L...
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Ross Visits Site of Deadly Flash Floods
Jun 12, 2010
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On Saturday, U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, joined by state and federal officials, saw first-hand the devastation in Montgomery and Pike Counties caused by Friday’s deadly flash floods and pledged his full support in the ongoing search and rescue and clean-up efforts. “This is likely one of...
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Ross Statement on Flash Flood Tragedy in West Arkansas
Jun 11, 2010
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U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today issued the following statement in response to the tragic flash flood at the Albert Pike campgrounds and surrounding areas along the Little Missouri River. Statement by U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Prescott: “Camping and outdoor recreation is a way of...
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Ross Announces Summer Telephone Town Hall Series
Jun 7, 2010
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U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, will host eight telephone town hall meetings in a summer listening series for residents in Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District. The telephone town halls, which will each begin at 7:00 p.m. CST, will be held on: Mon, June 14; Mon, June 21; Tues, June 29; T...
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Ross Wraps Up District-Wide Listening Tour
Feb 9, 2010
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U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Prescott, yesterday wrapped up his district-wide listening tour and a series of four telephone town hall events. Since January 4, 2010, Ross has held town hall style listening sessions in 34 towns in each of the 29 counties that make up Arkansas’s Fourth Congressiona...
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Ross, Pryor Seek to Halt Implementation of Ouachita National Forest Travel Management Plan
Jan 29, 2010
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U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Ark., and U.S. Senator Mark Pryor, D-Ark., today requested that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack halt any implementation of the recently announced Ouachita National Forest (ONF) Travel Management Plan, citing its potential economic impacts on the area, and to ask ON...
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