WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. John Boozman issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed Senate passage of several additional Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills that would directly fund projects in Arkansas. Boozman, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, won approval to include numerous items in the package providing full-year funds for the Departments of Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education as well as other related agencies.

The package also includes bipartisan legislation Boozman has championed to reauthorize critical federal research, education and intervention activities to reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, the...