U.S. Representative Mike Ross recently presented two veterans, including a former marine from Monticello, with medals in Pine Bluff to honor their service and dedication to the United States .
Ross awarded Roosevelt Harris, USMC, of Monticello , with a Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in action against the enemy on March 5,1968, in Vietnam, and a Presidential Unit Citation with one bronze star.
U.S. Representative Mike Ross stands with Rev. D.J. Buffington, Pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello, outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2010.
Rev. Buffington was Ross’s guest at the National Prayer Breakfast held annually on the first Thursday of February each year in Washington, D.C.
As Members of the House of Representatives returned to Washington this week from the holiday district work period, U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Ark., on Wednesday honored former state legislator James T. Jordan of Monticello in the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record – the official proceedings of the House. Jordan died on December 27, 2009, at the age of 84.
This is the text of the Congressional Record entry:
Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of James Terrell Jordan of Monticello, Arkansas, who passed away on December 27, 2009, at the age of 84. Having fought for freedom in World War II, James then committed his life to the people of Arkansas through public office for over five decades.
James was born in Drew County, Arkansas, to his late parents Alvin and Linnie Jordan, and attended schools in Monticello and California. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division in World War II, serving as a paratrooper and receiving a Purple Heart Medal. (more…)
U.S. Representative Mike Ross is now accepting applications for the 2010 Congressional Summer Internship Program in his Washington, D.C., congressional office. This highly selective program is designed to give college students an opportunity not only to learn the legislative process, but also to experience it firsthand.
The 2010 Congressional Summer Internship Program is split into two sessions, offering this unique opportunity to as many students as possible. The first summer session runs from June 1 – July 2, 2010, and the second summer session runs from July 6 – August 6, 2010. Interns may coordinate academic credit directly with their college or university. (more…)
Congress Wraps Up Busy Legislative Year, More to Come (more…)
U.S. Representative Mike Ross has appointed Monticello native Kristen Yeiser as his scheduler and executive assistant in his Washington, D.C., congressional office. (more…)
U.S. Representative Mike Ross has successfully secured $319,000 for the Arkansas Forest Resources Center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the Fiscal Year 2010 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill. The bill passed the full U.S. House of Representatives on July 9. (more…)
U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) has successfully secured $366,564 for Drew County in the Fiscal Year 2010 House Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. The bill recently passed the full U.S. House of Representatives.
Ross said the funds will be used to provide weather and other related disaster education as well as to purchase outdoor weather sirens that will alert residents of approaching severe weather.
“Given the unpredictability of Arkansas weather, we should be as prepared as possible for any number of emergency weather situations,” said Ross. “This investment in Drew County will help local leaders prepare for the worst by working to reduce the loss of property and to protect lives during a storm.” (more…)
U.S. Representative Mike announced that he has hired Monticello native Zach Baumgarten as his Director of Constituent Services in his Washington, D.C., Congressional Office. Baumgarten completed the first session of Ross’s Washington, D.C., Congressional internship program in 2007. (more…)
Grant to Assess Feasibility of Ethanol Production
U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor along with Representative Mike Ross announced Monday that Delta Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Producers, LLC, of Lake Village will receive a $97,500 Rural Development grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. The funds will be used to asses the feasibility of cellulosic ethanol production from sweet sorghum in Arkansas. (more…)
Four members of Arkansas’s Congressional Delegation traveled this week to Iraq as part of an official trip to visit the roughly 3,000 members of the 39th Infantry Brigade of the Arkansas National Guard on their second deployment to Iraq within four years.
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor along with U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), John Boozman (AR-03) and Mike Ross (AR-04), traveled to Iraq August 2 – 4, 2008.
This week I helped pass an important bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to assist homeowners who are struggling amidst a deteriorating housing market. The American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R. 3221) is the most comprehensive response yet to the American mortgage crisis and I was proud to support it to help families facing foreclosure keep their homes. This bill will also help the recovery of communities harmed by empty homes caught in the foreclosure process.
U.S. Representative Mike Ross supported legislation Thursday to significantly increase our nation’s domestic energy production. The DRILL Act would have increased oil and natural gas production in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), as well as oil production on federal lands already leased by oil companies.
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