Congressman Mike Ross "Never Far from Home"

  • Ross, Lincoln, Pryor Announce $70,304 for El Dorado Fire Dept.
    Nov 29, 2010  - U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) along with U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor today announced that the El Dorado Fire Department will receive a $70,304 grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program.  The funds will be used to en... More
  • Ross: KATV Programming Now Available to DIRECTV Subscribers in Southern Arkansas
    Oct 19, 2010  - PRESCOTT – U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today issued the following statement praising the announcement that KATV programming will be made available to residents of Southern Arkansas.  KATV, the Little Rock affiliate for ABC, will broadcast its local programming on channel 60 to DIREC... More
  • Lincoln, Pryor, Ross Announce $27K in Law Enforcement Funds for El Dorado, Union County
    Sep 15, 2010  - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that Union County and the city of El Dorado will share a $27,484 U.S. Department of Justice grant to purchase equipment for the El Dorado Police and Union County Sherriff’s Office. The funds are al... More
  • Ross: USDA Announces Disaster Assistance Funding
    Sep 15, 2010  - 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, soybea... More
  • Ross: USDA Announces Assistance Funding for Poultry Farmers
    Sep 15, 2010  - U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today announced the United States Department of Agriculture has revealed it will release up to $60 million in the form of grants to states for poultry producers who lost contracts between May, 2008 and July, 2010.     “South Arkansas’s poultr... More
  • Ross Calls on USDA to Reestablish Offices in Nashville and Camden
    Sep 10, 2010  - 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... More
  • Lincoln, Pryor, Ross Announce $2.9M for Southwest Arkansas Airports
    Aug 5, 2010  - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that five Southwest Arkansas airports will benefit from a total of $2,939,305 in Federal Aviation Administration grants that will be used to make improvements at the airports. Hot Springs will r... More
  • Ross Announces Summer Telephone Town Hall Series
    Jun 7, 2010  - 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... More
  • Ross Honors Major Wayne Culver in Congressional Record
    May 28, 2010  - U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today honored the late Major Ronald Wayne Culver, Jr., in the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record, calling him “a model citizen, revered husband and father and one of our nation’s great heroes.”  The Congressional Record is the official rec... More
  • Ross Votes to Support Poultry Producers
    May 28, 2010  - U.S. Congressman Mike Ross, D-Prescott, today voted for emergency assistance for poultry producers in Arkansas and across the nation.  The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, H.R. 4213, which provides millions for zero-interest emergency loans for poultry producers, passed the U.S. Hou... More