In Arkansas

On Tuesday, U. S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., attended the Jonesboro grand opening of Teletech, a consulting and technology company. On Thursday he attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Aquaculture Field Day.

U. S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., was scheduled to speak Friday at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership Conference at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville.

On Monday, Womack is scheduled to join House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R- Pa., on a tour of 3rd District infrastructure projects, including Interstate 49 and the McClellan- Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.

U. S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., met with new leaders of Little Rock Air Force Base on Monday in his Little Rock district office.

On Tuesday, Griffin is scheduled to meet with a deputy U. S. marshal serving in the Eastern District of Arkansas and present him with a U. S. flag that flew over the Capitol on September 24th, 2014, in honor of the 225th anniversary of the U. S. Marshals Service. On Thursday, he is scheduled to speak with members of the Rotary Club of North Little Rock.

On Wednesday, the National Association of Manufacturers gave U. S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Griffin its Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence for the 113th Congress.

Boozman was scheduled to attend the Mercy Orthopedic Hospital “First to Know” event Thursday night to unveil its new 24- bed orthopedic hospital in Fort Smith.

Boozman visited United Parcel Service’s Springdale customer center Tuesday to discuss the company’s efforts to hire more than 25,000 veterans over the next five years.

On Wednesday, U. S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Boozman announced a $ 169,066 grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to help Arkansas agricultural producers develop business opportunities. The funding came from the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Small Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grant program.