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May 12, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) joined his House colleagues Thursday (May 12) in voting for H.R. 5046, the Comprehensive Opioid Reduction Act of 2016.
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May 10, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement Tuesday (May 10) upon passage of H.R. 4063, the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act.
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May 6, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statement Friday (May 6) in commemoration of Small Business Week 2016 (May 1-7).
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May 4, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) announced Maurice Bradford of Hot Springs’ Lakeside High School as winner of the Fourth District Congressional Art Competition. Bradford’s submission, entitled “Discovery,” placed first in a field of 105 entries.
April 28, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 2901, the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act.
April 27, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act.
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April 26, 2016
Blog Post
Saturday, April 30, is FEMA’s’s National PrepareAthon Day. But with severe weather on its way to the Fourth Congressional District Tuesday night (April 26) and Wednesday morning (April 27), I would like to take this opportunity to remind residents to always be prepared when disaster strikes.
April 22, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) joined his House colleagues this week in voting for measures to hold the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accountable to American taxpayers. Monday (April 18) was the final day for taxpayers to submit tax returns, payments or extension requests for tax year 2015.
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April 21, 2016
Blog Post
The House voted again Thursday (April 21) to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable and limit executive overreach.
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April 21, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) joined a bipartisan group of congressmen Wednesday (April 20) for the launch of the Working Forests Caucus.
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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.
April 28, 2015
In The News
All four members of Arkansas’ U.S. House delegation paid tribute on the House floor Tuesday to former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, who died April 1 at age 92.
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Videos
June 9, 2017
Video
The story of Staff Sgt. Luther McKinnon's service in World War II is one of courage.
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June 8, 2017
Video
“I assume if climate’s changing, it’s changing in Arkansas, as well as other places. So I did a little research and found out the number of forest fires in Arkansas has actually decreased over the past 20 years. It’s either held level or slightly decreased as our management has continued to increase. So apparently the climate change isn’t affecting forest fires in my state.
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May 24, 2017
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During today's House Budget Committee hearing, I asked OMB Director Mick Mulvaney about baseline budgeting versus zero line budgeting.
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