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September 7, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday (September 7) to remember the life of Bill Cooper, a corporal with the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Department who was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, August 10.
September 6, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement Tuesday (Sept. 9) upon passage of H.R. 5577, the Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act.
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August 19, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Sen. John Boozman (AR) and U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) will launch the #Seed2Sawmill Tour on Aug. 30 in an effort to promote forest health and tout the economic benefits of forestry to the state of Arkansas.
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August 17, 2016
Editorials
With forests contributing so much to Arkansas’ environment and economy, we are launching a forestry tour on August 30. During this 3-day tour, we will visit various sites around Arkansas’ timber rich Fourth Congressional District.
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July 19, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Sens. John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued statements Tuesday (July 19) in support of $1 million in federal funding recently awarded to the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, for drainage system improvements and reconstruction of the “U of A Way” road structure.
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July 18, 2016
Press Release
The U.S. Senate on Thursday (July 14) passed H.R. 3931, a bill to designate the United States Post Office located at 620 Central Avenue, Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park as the Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office.
July 16, 2016
Press Release
Friday (July 15), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR) participated in a press call to discuss pending wildfire and forest management legislation (H.R. 2647 / S. 3085).
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July 14, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement upon passage Thursday (July 14) of H.R. 5538, the Fiscal 2017 Interior Appropriations Bill.
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July 8, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement upon passage Thursday (July 7) of H.R. 5485, the Fiscal 2017 Financial Services-General Government Appropriations Bill.
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July 7, 2016
Blog Post
On Wednesday (July 6), the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015.
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May 2, 2015
In The News
Arkansas’ federal lawmakers discussed the 2016 congressional budget as well as honored Arkansans for their service and sacrifice.
May 1, 2015
In The News
Many Arkansans took part in mid-April as the National 4-H Council held its second 4-H Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill.
May 1, 2015
In The News
The House on Thursday adopted a compromise GOP budget that promises to speed repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law while calling for a major budget increase for the Pentagon.
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April 30, 2015
In The News
Governors and conservative legislators in nearly a dozen Republican-dominated states are looking to link work requirements to a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare in a bid to make the federal healthcare law more politically palatable.
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April 30, 2015
In The News
In nearly a dozen Republican-dominated states, either the governor or conservative legislators are seeking to add work requirements to Obamacare Medicaid expansion, much like an earlier generation pushed for welfare to work.
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April 30, 2015
In The News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it has finalized critical habitat designations for the Neosho mucket and rabbitsfoot mussels in Arkansas and 11 other states that are smaller than the designations it initially proposed.
April 30, 2015
In The News
Responding to Arkansas groups' concerns, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service significantly reduced the number of river miles in Arkansas considered critical habitat for two freshwater mussels in the final designation it announced Wednesday.
April 29, 2015
In The News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it has finalized critical habitat designations for the Neosho mucket and rabbitsfoot mussels in Arkansas and 11 other states that are smaller than the designations it initially proposed.
April 29, 2015
In The News
Members of Arkansas’ Republican congressional delegation honored John Paul Hammerschmidt — the longtime Arkansas lawmaker who helped shape the state’s Republican Party during his quarter-century in office — in a series of speeches Tuesday.
April 28, 2015
In The News
The four members of Arkansas’ delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives took to the House floor for more than eight minutes Tuesday evening to honor the memory of former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, who died April 1. He was 92.
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July 20, 2017
Video
Next week, I will join Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, and Steve Womack for "Your Voice Arkansas - A Congressional Forum."
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July 20, 2017
Video
Congressman Bruce Westerman took to the floor Thursday morning (July 20) in favor of H.R. 218, the King Cover Road Land Exchange Act.
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July 18, 2017
Video
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) conducted his first hearing Tuesday (July 18) as chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations.