Press Releases

WASHINGTON: Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressing concern about the Department of Defense’s recent announcement to implement new policies requiring commanders to allow Service members and their dependents to travel to different states for the purpose of obtaining an abortion if abortion is illegal in the state in which they are stationed. The DOD also announced that it will pay for all travel costs associated with the abortion – meals, travel, and hotel stay.

WASHINGTON - Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jared Golden (D-ME), and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) introduced the Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023 to ensure that rural Americans and seniors have access to important information about their prescription medications and to protect the jobs of hardworking Arkansans.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman announced that his guest for this year’s State of the Union Address will be Brittany Alkonis. He released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Today, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation from the Arkansas Capitol, following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on February 7^th. Congressman Bruce Westerman released the following statement celebrating the announcement:

WASHINGTON  – Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman celebrated his subcommittee assignments for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 118^th Congress. Rep. Westerman was assigned to the Aviation, Water Resources and Environment, and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittees.

WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives took a series of votes to elect the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The House recessed until January 4th without choosing a Speaker. Representative Westerman issued the following statement in response:

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan James M. Inhofe NDAA for FY 2023. Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement:

WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) reacted to the passage of The Respect for Marriage Act by the U.S. House of Representatives.