RICK CRAWFORD (AR-01)
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Some GOP Members Hit Own Debt Limit [Roll Call, 8/1/11]
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Arkansas' Crawford touts GOP plan at town hall [AP, 4/29/11]
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Crawford: Parts of Obama health-care law should remain [Jonesboro Sun, 6/10/11]
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Freshman Republican Softens on Health Law [Politico, 6/10/11]
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Crawford has fifth-highest payroll of freshmen Congressmen [Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 7/7/11]
Editorials
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Grow-Up, Crawford [Arkansas Democrat Gazette, editorial, 5/19/11]
Top Quotes
“Crawford defended public comments to cut funding for Delta Regional Authority earlier this year, eventhough he took credit in October when the agency gave the city of Jonesboro $400,000 to be used for a proposed convention center.” [Paragould Press, 11/10/11]
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Issues
Crawford: “I Don’t Want to See Agriculture Unduly Burdened”
In March 2011, Crawford said that federal crop subsidies should be spared when Congress considers the2012 budget. “Everything is on the table, but I don’t want to see agriculture unduly burdened,” saidCrawford. “Certainly direct payments and counter-cyclical payments I don’t want to see go away.”
Crawford’s District Is One of the Top Recipients of USDA Payments
In March 2011, the Arkansas News reported that “Crawford’s district is one of the top recipients of USDA direct and counter cyclical payments in the nation, according to figures provided by theEnvironmental Working Group. In 2009, the 1st District received $285.7 million in USDA subsidies, or about 57 percent of Arkansas’s $502 million total. Rice and soybean subsidies accounted for more than$360 million.”
[Arkansas News, 03/15/2011]
Crawford Against Slash and Burn Appropriations Cutting Ag Subsidies
In June 2011, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the Arkansas delegation was at odds over legislation “that would make severe cuts in federal assistance for American farmers.”Crawford “decried what he called the ‘slash and burn’ approach taken by House appropriators” and “saidthat decisions on how to shape farm policy would be best left up to that panel, which would have taken amore ‘fair and equitable approach.’”According to the Democrat-Gazette, “One approach the appropriations committee took to cut spendingwas to reduce the adjusted-gross-income limit for a farmer who receives a direct federal crop payment.Currently, the income limit is $750,000 ($1.5 million for couples) for farming income and $500,000 inoff-farm income.”The Democrat Gazette concluded by summarizing that “In total, the committee approved a budget of $125.5 billion for all agriculture programs, which include crop subsidy, loan and insurance programs,rural development, food safety, child nutrition programs, and food stamps. That's a 13.4 percent decreasein funding compared with the current fiscal year. The legislation would cut the budget for programsdealing directly with farmers, including crop payments, insurance and conservation, by 15 percentcompared with the current fiscal year, and 26 percent compared with the program's fiscal-2010 funding.”
[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 06/05/2011]
Supported Agriculture Appropriations Bill
In June 2011, Crawford voted in favor of the agriculture appropriations bill although he recognized that itwas in no way perfect.According to Arkansas News, he said that it still “maintains the farm safety-net that ensures a strong,stable and safe food supply. The bill also eliminates burdensome and unneeded regulations.”
[Arkansas News, 06/16/2011]
Wanted to find “Pragmatic” Approach to Cutting Agriculture Subsidies
In June 2011, Crawford said the Agriculture’s “committee’s challenge will be to find the ‘pragmatic’approach to cutting subsidies.”According to Politico, Crawford said that “There will be some cuts. How much are those cuts, what willthey look like, and how do we do it as responsibly as possible without creating a real problem for our foodchain? That’s the approach we’re going to take. We have to implement these cuts, but in a responsibleway.”
[Politico, 06/12/2011]
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Held Agriculture Town hall
In June 2011, Crawford proclaimed that cutting agriculture is the popular idea in Congress right now andthat it is only going to get worse.Crawford also said that “I understand that agriculture is a cyclical industry and the American farmer canoften face unforeseeable hardships such as crop failure, climate fluctuation, natural disaster andsignificant market downturns…It is critical that farmers have support mechanisms so they can mitigaterisk and ensure income despite possible setbacks. He said he is committed to making this a primary focuswhen he, along with his colleagues on the Agriculture Committee, write the next Farm Bill.”
[Stuttgart DailyLeader, 06/28//2011]
Crawford Urged Farmers to Grow Peanuts
In September 2011, Crawford visited peanut farms in Randolph County, AR in his Congressional district.He expressed optimism in the crop by stating, "There's a huge value added opportunity with peanutfarming.” Additionally, “Not only are we going to grow peanuts, but we're going to grow jobs and that'simportant in this economy."
Crawford Defended Delta Regional Authority Cut Statements
“Crawford defended public comments to cut funding for Delta Regional Authority earlier this year, eventhough he took credit in October when the agency gave the city of Jonesboro $400,000 to be used for a proposed convention center. ‘I’m supportive of what they’re trying to achieve,’ he said.” [ParagouldPress,11/10/11]
Crawford Used Government Resources to Tout Funding from the Delta Regional Authority.
In an email sent from his congressional office to 1st district constituents, Rick Crawford said, “Justyesterday, I was able to announce the Delta Regional Authority’s plan to invest $400,000 towards theconstruction of the Northeast Arkansas Convention Center in Jonesboro. The planned convention center project includes plans for hotels and restaurants. All told, the new center will create some 400 jobs inJonesboro.” [Crawford Washington Update,10/21/11]
Crawford Voted to Cut Delta Regional Authority Funding.
On February 19, 2011, Rick Crawford voted for a budget that would have cut $7.3 million from the Delta Regional Authority’s budget compared to 2010 enacted levels. The vote was on HR 1, a continuing resolution meant tofund the federal government for fiscal year 2011. [HR 1, Vote #147,2/19/11; House Committee
on Appropriations Press Release,2/11/11; House Appropriation Committee’s List of PotentialCuts Included in HR1, 2/11/11]
Crawford Said Cuts to Delta Regional Authority Were “Reasonable.”
“Members of theArkansas congressional delegation said Friday that the House was poised to pass legislation thatwould make spending cuts throughout the federal government […] Rep. Rick Crawford, anArkansas Republican, said the proposed cuts were a ‘reasonable goal,’ given what he called a tight budget climate […] the Delta Regional Authority, a federal agency that provides economic
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