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Press Releases

September 1, 2023

WASHINGTON - Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement, announcing a new District Director, Cody Burkham, and a new Legislative Director, Murray Miller. 


August 25, 2023

WASHINGTON— Congressman Bruce Westerman, along with U.S.


August 22, 2023

WASHINGTON - Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) leaders Reps. Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Garret Graves (LA-06), and Jared Golden (ME-02) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona expressing concern with how the Department of Education is implementing language within the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) to withhold funds from schools with shooting sports activities in their curriculum.


July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth & Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, legislation that will reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years and improve American aviation safety and infrastructure. Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement on its passage:


July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, Reps. Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29), David Trone (D-MD-06), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) introduced the Child Sex Crimes Victims Protection Act, legislation to reform the way juvenile victims of sex trafficking and abuse are sentenced if they retaliate against their abusers. 


July 20, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) led 50 House Republicans in sending a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams expressing concern over a proposed rule that would ban cost-effective lead ammunition and fishing tackle across eight national wildlife refuges.

In part, the members wrote:


July 14, 2023

WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON – Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Rep. Steve Womack (AR-03) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will give the Department of Defense authority to provide grant funding to the Army-Navy Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas for on-site security and other site-planning activities.


July 14, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024.

Issues:Security

July 13, 2023

WASHINGTON - Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) denounced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough's poorly written interim response to a previous inquiry. In a letter, Westerman wrote:

Issues:Veterans

June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON - Congressman Bruce Westerman released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to reject President Biden's student loan forgiveness program: