Press Releases
November 19, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement Thursday (Nov. 19) following his vote for the American SAFE Act of 2015, a bill authored by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul in conjunction with six House committees. Congressman Westerman co-sponsored the bill along with 88 other House members.
Issues:Foreign AffairsSecurity
November 16, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (Ar-04) issued the following statement condemning the Paris terror attacks, which left hundreds dead and injured Friday (Nov. 13).
Issues:Foreign AffairsSecurity
November 5, 2015
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—are questioning the timing of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project. In a letter sent Wednesday to DOE Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, members expressed concern because they have yet to receive answers to the questions asked in a September letter about the department’s potential partnership with the Clean Line project.
November 5, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement Thursday (Nov. 5) upon House passage of S. 1356, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.
Issues:Security
November 4, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman(AR-04) introduced legislation Wednesday (Nov. 4) naming the downtown post office in Hot Springs National Park after Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown.
Issues:Veterans
November 3, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) announced a series of mobile offices taking place Monday, Nov. 9 (all times central). The Fourth District's mobile offices assist constituents with Veterans benefits, Medicare, Social Security and other services involving the federal government.
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November 2, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement Monday (Nov. 2) in response to the Department of the Interior’s report finding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) actions directly led to the spill of three million gallons of toxic wastewater at the Gold King Mine in Colorado in August.
Issues:Accountability
November 2, 2015
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed a draft Habitat Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (draft HMP/EA) as stepped down from the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for Felsenthal national Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The public is invited to comment on the proposed management plan.
October 28, 2015
U.S. Senator John Boozman and Congressman Steve Womack today delivered statements about the importance of the Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Areas to Land (APPROVAL) Act before Congressman Bruce Westerman and members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Issues:Accountability
October 28, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement following his vote against H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015.