• 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
12/16/2015 H.R.373 Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act Passed Yea
12/11/2015 H.R.4185 PACT Act of 2015
12/09/2015 H.R.158 Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 Passed Yea
12/04/2015 H.R.4032 States' Right of Refugee Refusal Act of 2015
12/04/2015 H.R.22 FAST Act Conference Report Agreed to (83-16, 3/5 majority required) Not Voting
12/02/2015 H.R.427 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 Passed Aye
12/01/2015 H.R.3459 Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act
11/23/2015 H.R.3802 Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act
11/23/2015 H.R.3799 Hearing Protection Act of 2015
11/23/2015 H.Res.451 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Sergeant Charles Martland, a decorated member of the Special Forces, should be reinstated in the United States Army.
11/19/2015 H.Con.Res.97 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Paris, France from November 30 to December 11, 2015.
11/19/2015 H.J.Res.72 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
11/19/2015 H.J.Res.71 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
11/18/2015 H.R.511 Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 Passed Yea
11/16/2015 H.R.3222 Employee Rights Act
11/16/2015 H.R.2400 SIGMA Act of 2015
11/16/2015 H.R.2300 Empowering Patients First Act of 2015
11/16/2015 H.R.1876 Real Unemployment Calculation Act
11/16/2015 H.R.1504 Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act
11/16/2015 H.R.1476 No Taxpayer Bailouts for Unsustainable State and Local Pensions Act
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