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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.
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.
Issues:Security
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.
January 23, 2015
The first big jobs announcement for Gov. Asa Hutchinson took place Friday (Jan. 23) in Clarksville. It is there that HanesBrands is adding 120 jobs as part of a $1.4 million investment in the building and equipment that brings manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
Issues:Jobs and Economic Growth
January 23, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement regarding the Hanesbrands expansion in Clarksville.
Issues:Jobs and Economic Growth
January 22, 2015
WASHINGTON — With tens of thousands participating in the annual March for Life on Thursday, House Republican leaders had hoped to send a strong signal of pro-life support by adopting a 20-week abortion ban similar to one already on the books in Arkansas. That didn't happen.
January 22, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement on House leadership's decision to pull the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 36.
January 21, 2015
Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) issued the following statement regarding the invitation by Speaker John Boehner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress on February 11, 2015.
Issues:Foreign Affairs