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H.R. 594 stops executive overreach.
January 30, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement on H.R. 594, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act.

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It is #TimeToBuild the Keystone XL Pipeline.
January 29, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement upon approval of construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate.

January 29, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement in regarding his co-sponsorship of H.R. 114, the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 2015.

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Capitol Sunrise
January 28, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) announced Wednesday that he is seeking summer interns in both his Hot Springs and Washington offices.

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529 Plans
January 28, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement on President Barack Obama's decision to back down from a previously announced plan to tax 529 college savings plans that benefits hardworking Arkansas families saving for their children's education.

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Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) comments on LNG bill
January 28, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement upon passage of the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act, H.R. 351, a bill co-sponsored by Westerman.

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#EndTrafficking
January 27, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement upon Tuesday's vote on H.R. 159, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act which Westerman co-sponsored, as well as suspension bills that would strengthen federal laws aimed at combatting human sex trafficking.
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Westerman comments on national debt.
January 27, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement on the recent Congressional Budget Office testimony that the federal debt will balloon in the next decade.

January 23, 2015
U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) joined colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to encourage Iraq to purchase more American produced rice.

January 23, 2015
Arkansas's Congressional delegation today requested an extension for the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project.