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On November 4, a record number of Americans across this nation braved the weather and long lines to cast their vote for president in a stunning demonstration of patriotism and democracy. As we transition to a new president and a new Congress, it is now time for all of us to unite in a bipartisan [...]

Ross Urges Investment in Roads to Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

Ross Cautious About Financial Rescue Package

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.

Seniors, Disabled Veterans Among Eligible Arkansans Ross Encourages to File Before Oct. 15 Deadline

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 [...]

Health Insurance Should Be Less Expensive, More Accessible

A New Generation of Veterans; Our Responsibility to Them

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) [...]

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 [...]

Planning for the Television Transition

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.