• WESTERMAN, BRUCE MR.
Experience: House: District 4, 2015-Present
Home State: Arkansas
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $547,462Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Bruce Westerman
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Sharon; 4 Children: Eli, Amie, Ethan, Asa
    Birth Date: 11/18/1967
    Birth Place: Hot Springs, AR
    Home City: Hot Springs, AR
    Religion: Southern Baptist

Education

    MF, Forestry, Yale University, 2001
    BS, Biological/Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, 1990

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2014-present
    President, Fountain Lake School Board
    Representative, Arkansas State House of Representatives, 2010-2014

Current Legislative Committees

    Budget, Member
    Natural Resources, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Natural Resources), Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight (Science, Space, and Technology), Member
    Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Member

Professional Experience

    Engineer/Forester, Mid-South Engineering Company, 1992-present
    Former Board Member, Fountain Lake School District
    Plant Engineer, Riceland Foods, 1990-1992

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Former President, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
    Former Chair, Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineers
    Deacon/Sunday School Teacher, Walnut Valley Baptist Church
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

No Opinion
11. Support & expand free trade

Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

No Opinion
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 9
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
02/16/2017 H.J.Res.82 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil". 02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
09/30/2016 H.R.6294 Geospatial Data Act of 2016 09/30/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.  (All Actions)
09/19/2016 H.R.2647 Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 09/19/2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.  (All Actions)
07/29/2016 H.R.3931 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the "Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office". 07/29/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-202. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
09/25/2015 H.R.3609 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify requirements for payment under the Medicare program for ambulance services furnished by critical access hospitals, and for other purposes. 09/25/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
05/22/2015 H.R.2565 Prioritizing American Road and Jobs Act of 2015 05/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
03/27/2015 H.R.1724 Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015 03/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.  (All Actions)
03/03/2015 H.R.1230 Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015 03/03/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
02/13/2015 H.R.886 State Flexibility and Workforce Requirement Act of 2015 02/13/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
Total: 333
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/20/2015 H.Res.119 Supporting the goals and ideals of Engineers Week.
02/20/2015 H.R.999 ROV In-Depth Examination Act
02/19/2015 H.R.510 Defense of Property Rights Act
02/12/2015 H.J.Res.32 Marriage Protection Amendment
02/12/2015 H.R.592 Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
02/11/2015 H.R.178 Terrorist Denaturalization and Passport Revocation Act
02/11/2015 H.R.114 Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015
02/06/2015 H.R.704 RFS Reform Act of 2015
02/06/2015 H.R.577 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran.
02/05/2015 H.R.767 Fair BEER Act
02/05/2015 H.R.638 Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015
02/05/2015 H.R.402 National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015
02/04/2015 H.R.721 Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015
02/04/2015 H.R.159 Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
01/30/2015 H.R.610 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to audit States to determine if such States used Medicaid funds in violation of the Hyde Amendment and other Federal prohibitions on funding for abortions, and for other purposes.
01/29/2015 H.R.594 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015
01/29/2015 H.R.351 LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act Agreed to Aye
02/02/2015 H.R.191 Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015
02/02/2015 H.R.131 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
01/21/2015 H.R.461 Wild Game Donation Act of 2015
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