Press Releases

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman, a senior member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, pushed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Oncology Program Executive Director Dr. Michael Kelley to explain its failure to expand the Precision Oncology Program for Cancer of the Prostate (POPCaP) in contrast to congressional intent. The department was required to extend the prostate cancer initiative, including fostering a new partnership with the Little Rock VA and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), which has not occurred. At a VA Committee hearing, Boozman highlig

U.S. Senator John Boozman, his Chief of Staff Toni-Marie Higgins and Cathy Boozman. WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman’s (R-AR) Chief of Staff, Toni-Marie Higgins, was named a 2026 Democracy Award recipient by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) for Chief of Staff of the Year. The award honors Higgins’ role in building a strong team culture and a lasting standard of service within Boozman’s office on behalf of the people of Arkansas. The Chief of Staff of the Year recipient is selected by fellow Chiefs of Staff on Capitol Hill. The award recognizes tenured Chiefs who demonstrate ex

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today voted for the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation that authorizes $1.15 trillion for the next fiscal year for national defense, including full funding for Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray built in Mascoutah, and provides a pay raise to servicemembers. "Peace through strength isn't just a slogan," said Bost. "It’s about having the factories, shipyards, and supply chains to produce the equipment to keep us safe and never depending on our adversaries for the tools our troops need. I voted for this bill to bring defense production b

The Safeguarding Endangered Species Act would overturn the Administration’s rule eliminating longstanding protections against habitat destruction that kills or injures imperiled wildlife WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1 and Mike Quigley (D-IL-5), ), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, introduced the Safeguarding Endangered Species Act, bipartisan legislation to nullify the Administration’s recently finalized rule weakening the Endangered Species Act’s protections against destructive habitat loss. For more than five decades, the Endangered Spe

A thriving Everglades means a thriving economy. I'll keep fighting until our water is clean, our estuaries are safe, and this trillion-dollar asset is protected for our children and grandchildren.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) today denounced plans for the Illinois Department of Human Services to significantly downsize operations at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna. The facility's intellectual and developmental disabilities general units will close by September 30th, with its 75 civil mental health beds phased down by March 2027. The Choate campus will only have a 40-bed developmental disabilities unit and state administrative offices remaining. "For three years, we were promised a transformation for the people at the Choate facility; instead, t

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