by - November 30, 2025 8:42 am
As a guest on this week’s Talk Business & Politics D.C. Edition podcast, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, discussed his upcoming appearance in south Lonoke County at next weekend’s Arkansas…
by - October 12, 2025 9:47 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, is introducing the Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act (H.R. 5710), legislation that hopes to help farmers bridge the safety net gap until the…
by - October 8, 2025 8:55 pm
Amidst the backdrop of a federal government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, is not slowing down in his effort to help Arkansas farmers. The First District Congressman said in…
by - October 5, 2025 8:39 am
In an interview with Talk Business & Politics on Wednesday (Oct. 1), U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said D.C. Democrats and their pitch to bargain with extending health insurance premium…
by - September 15, 2025 5:13 pm
On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, joined Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., in announcing the establishment of a bipartisan…
by - August 3, 2025 11:08 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, hasn’t been taking a full-blown break since Congress recessed last week. He’s been near the Florida beaches,…
by - June 22, 2025 8:40 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sees a role for America in the current Israel-Iran fight, but he doesn’t see a prolonged engagement and is…
by - May 29, 2025 6:44 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, co-led a letter to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in upcoming appropriations legislation. He was joined…
by - May 25, 2025 8:51 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, thinks the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by the House this week will have a broad positive impact on his constituents, and he believes the…
by - May 6, 2025 11:20 am
I first met Rick Crawford in 2010 when he was running for Congress. He was part of a seven-person political forum in Cabot where five Democrats and two Republicans were…
by - April 28, 2025 11:36 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, contends the past few decades of focus on terrorist hot spots around the world like Afghanistan and Iraq have led to America doing far less…
by - January 16, 2025 2:58 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, will be the next chair of the House Intelligence Committee, he confirmed on Thursday (Jan. 16). He replaces outgoing Chair U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio,…
by - March 7, 2024 1:55 pm
U.S. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, will seek the chairmanship of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress. Crawford has represented Arkansas’ First Congressional District since he won election…
by - July 20, 2023 1:42 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, spent four years as an Army bomb tech and he’s one of the many soldiers that served during the Cold War between the United States…
by - May 22, 2023 4:22 pm
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, criticized the slow rollout of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, or Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), that he voted against. He gave it a D…
by - October 9, 2022 3:38 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, is seeking a seventh term to Congress, while his challenger, State Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, is hoping to unseat him after his near-decade of service…
by - August 6, 2021 3:44 pm
Four-term State Rep. Brandt Smith, R-Jonesboro, told Talk Business & Politics on Friday (Aug. 6) he intends to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, in the Republican primary in…
by - May 16, 2021 9:50 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said in a Sunday (May 16) interview the I-40 Memphis bridge situation is a “national concern.” He also weighed in on the ouster of Rep….
by - August 25, 2020 11:00 pm
President Donald Trump leaned heavily on his family for political support on Night Two of the Republican National Convention. Tiffany and Eric Trump, two of the president’s children, and Melania…
by - November 12, 2019 5:22 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, has dominated his recent races in Arkansas’ First Congressional District. He’s done so well since he was first elected in 2010 that he won’t have…
