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February 20, 2015
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-District 4, said Thursday a bill he introduced last week will give states the flexibility to create workforce requirements for able-bodied working age adults in the Medicaid expansion population, if it becomes law.
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February 13, 2015
States should be allowed to require working-age adults benefiting from Medicaid expansion to be employed, U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman said Thursday.
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February 12, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) filed his first bill Wednesday (February 12) since being sworn into the 114th Congress on January 6.
The bill, H.R. 886, would provide states the flexibility to create workforce requirements for able-bodied individual Medicaid expansion recipients.
Issues:Health Care
February 12, 2015
When I announced my candidacy to represent Arkansas’ Fourth Congressional District in 2013, I promised to fight to untie the binds placed on our state by the federal government, giving my former colleagues and future members of the General Assembly the opportunity to govern more effectively for the hardworking citizens of Arkansas.
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February 3, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement Tuesday (February 3) on his vote to repeal Obamacare.
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January 9, 2015
Arkansas's members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to remove a requirement that employers with over 100 employees (50 next year) have to offer health insurance to those working more than 30 hours a week or face a penalty. The legislation would set the new standard at 40 hours a week.
January 9, 2015
Arkansas' all-Republican U.S. House delegation supported legislation Thursday that would increase how many hours an employee must work before his employer is responsible for providing him health insurance.
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January 8, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement Wednesday on the passage of H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act of 2014, a bill to restore the 40-hour full-time work week that Westerman has co-sponsored and President Barack Obama has threatened to veto.
January 6, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement on H.R. 22, the Hire More Heroes Act, Westerman's first co-sponsored piece of legislation to pass the U.S. House of Representatives.