Accountability
June 13, 2015
Thursday, June 11, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) and Congressman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) introduced the Accountable Recovery Act. This legislation requires that recovery plans for species conservation are made publically available once a species is listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Issues:Accountability
May 12, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement Monday (May 12) after voting for H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015.
Issues:Accountability
March 18, 2015
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 with a bipartisan vote of 241-175. The EPA has been proposing, finalizing, and implementing far reaching and economically harmful regulations without releasing the science on which these regulations are based. Without transparency, independent scientists cannot review and verify the science nor can the affected public be certain that that the extra red tape and bureaucracy is actually necessary.
Issues:Accountability
January 20, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address.
January 15, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The House ignored veto threats by President Barack Obama on two fronts Wednesday, voting to undo major provisions of the administration's immigration policy and to roll back banking constraints enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.
Issues:Accountability
January 14, 2015
WASHINGTON — The House, deeply divided along partisan lines, voted Wednesday to block President Obama from implementing recent executive orders on immigration that would allow millions of undocumented foreigners to remain in the United States.
Issues:Accountability
January 14, 2015
Arkansas's new delegation in the U.S. House voted in unison Wednesday on a funding bill intended to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from following President Obama's executive order on immigration.
Issues:Accountability
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January 14, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) released the following statement regarding passage of the FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 240).
Issues:AccountabilitySecurity
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January 14, 2015
The following are the full prepared remarks of Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs), speaking in favor of the Aderholt Amendment and against overreach by the executive branch. The amendment to H.R. 240, the FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, would prevent any funds from being used to enforce President Barack Obama's November 20, 2014, executive actions.
Issues:Accountability