Press Releases
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined Richard Hudson (R-NC) to introduce the STOP II, Secure Every School and Protect our Nation’s Children Act. This legislation builds on the STOP School Violence Act, signed into law in 2018, to authorize $1 billion for school resource officers, $1 billion for mental health guidance counselors, and $5 billion for hardening schools, providing active shooter training, and ensuring that law enforcement, school officials, and students know how to intervene before a student reaches a breaking point.
WASHINGTON - This week, Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee reintroduced the Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act to make prescription drugs more affordable and accessible for Americans across the nation.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) attended the Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for Mr. Bobby Gene “Bob” Ross, a World War II United States Merchant Marine Veteran, in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Westerman issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Representative Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and more than 170 Republican colleagues sent a letter led by Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-15) to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security regarding the establishment of its Disinformation Governance Board.
This week, Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) announced the Fourth District’s winners of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition. First place winner Dominique Palucis’ work, titled " Genuine," will be displayed in the main hallway between the Cannon House Office Building and the U.S. Capitol for the upcoming year.
WASHINGTON - In response to President Joe Biden's creation of the Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) within the Department of Homeland Security, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) released the following statement:
This week, U.S. Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD), and Don Bacon (R-NE) alongside U.S Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Rob Portman (R-OH) reintroduced the bicameral Second Chance Month Resolution. The members released the following statements:
Today, Congressmen Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH), and John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA), leaders of the Republican Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee on Treatments, announced the GOP's agenda to lower drug costs and supercharge the availability and development of life-saving cures and devices. Rep. Bruce Westerman released the following statement:
Yesterday, Congressmen Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Co-Chair of the House Dyslexia Caucus, introduced the bipartisan 21st Century Dyslexia Act to reclassify dyslexia within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The members released the following statement:
Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined a letter led by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to prioritize and commit additional funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS).