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April 7, 2016
Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce hosted a public reception at Texarkana College for two very important individuals on both sides of the state line.
Issues:Security

April 7, 2016

The operation of the federal budget was addressed by Congressman Bruce Westerman Wednesday morning.

Westerman addressed a group of individuals during a town hall meeting at Arkadelphia Town Hall.


April 6, 2016
Red River Army Depot hosted a grand opening ceremony for the Maneuver Systems Sustainment Center that was attended by Congressmen John Ratcliffe and Bruce Westerman.
Issues:Security

April 6, 2016
Congressmen from the 4th Districts of Arkansas and Texas made a stop in the Texarkana area for the grand opening of a new facility at Red River Army Depot.
Issues:Security

March 26, 2016
Federal lawmakers had a quiet yet busy week with most of the action happening in the House. A key energy project in the state received a go-ahead from federal regulators, while a bill to help smaller companies with building capital was introduced.

March 26, 2016
A group of Arkansas Republican lawmakers on Friday accused President Obama of ‘executive overreach’ over his administration’s plan to partner with a private company to develop a 705-mile wind power transmission line.

March 25, 2016
Members of Arkansas’ delegation Friday issued a joint statement condemning the approval of a clean-energy project that is expected to cut a path across the state's Ozark Mountain, River Valley and Delta regions.

March 25, 2016
Senator John Boozman, Senator Tom Cotton, Congressman Rick Crawford, Congressman French Hill, Congressman Steve Womack, and Congressman Bruce Westerman today issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Energy (DOE) to use Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–58) to partner with Clean Line Energy in an energy transmission project across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

March 25, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday (March 25) approved the controversial $2 billion Clean Line project that will build through Arkansas a large electric transmission network. Arkansas’ Congressional delegation issued a joint response, saying the approval is “unprecedented executive overreach.”

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Congressman Bruce Westerman
March 23, 2016
Tuesday (March 22), the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal for the U.S. Forest Service with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testifying. A focal point of the hearing was the Forest Service’s inability to actively manage federal forests and prevent increasingly catastrophic wildfires.