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April 28, 2022

Today, Congressmen Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH), and John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA), leaders of the Republican Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee on Treatments, announced the GOP's agenda to lower drug costs and supercharge the availability and development of life-saving cures and devices. Rep. Bruce Westerman released the following statement:

Issues:Health Care

April 28, 2022

Yesterday, Congressmen Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Co-Chair of the House Dyslexia Caucus, introduced the bipartisan 21st Century Dyslexia Act to reclassify dyslexia within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The members released the following statement:


April 28, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is finally testifying before Congress this week.

Issues:Health Care

April 27, 2022

Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined a letter led by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to prioritize and commit additional funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS).


April 27, 2022

Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined a letter led by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK.) to the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to prioritize and commit additional funding to the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS).


April 22, 2022
Weekly Columns

This week we celebrate Earth Day, where we recognize the need to protect our environment as good stewards of the Earth. “Environment” should not be a dirty word to conservatives. Republican President Teddy Roosevelt became the father of conservation by creating the National Park Service and setting aside 230 million acres of public lands for the nation to protect and enjoy. The Republican party was the first to champion conservation to benefit our communities, and we continue to do so today.

Issues:Natural Resources

April 15, 2022
Weekly Columns

I recently led a group of Western Caucus Congressmen on a tour of Arkansas’ Fourth District to show my colleagues the unique relationship the Natural State has with our natural resources and how we manage and use them to our communities’ advantage. The Western Caucus consists of congressmembers from rural and western states who are invested in policies that particularly affect our constituencies. 

Issues:Foreign AffairsNatural Resources

April 11, 2022

WASHINGTON - On April 8 and 9, Vice Chair of the Western Caucus Bruce Westerman (AR-04) led a group of Western Caucus Members on a field tour of Arkansas’ Fourth District.


April 10, 2022

Members of the Congressional Western Caucus said the federal government's ownership of large tracts in the Western United States complicates land management.

"I come from a state where the public land ownership is two-thirds of the land mass," Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-District 1, of Idaho, said Friday after touring the Blakely Mountain Dam power plant. "We've had a terrible time getting access to wisely manage that land, because it's publicly controlled, and it's susceptible to environmental lawsuits."


April 8, 2022
Weekly Columns

The situation at our southern border continues to worsen as Spring brings about a predicable spike in illegal border crossings and encounters. In addition to the expected seasonal spike, President Joe Biden is ending Title 42, originally implemented by President Donald Trump as a public health measure barring asylum applicants from entering the U.S. while their applications were being processed.

Issues:Foreign AffairsSecurity