WESTERMAN, BRUCE MR.

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WESTERMAN, BRUCE MR.
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: 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%; Write a Review

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 Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Oppose A Flat Tax is a good idea. It would simplify the entire tax system and get rid of loopholes that drive tax-avoiding behaviors.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Support The earth is humankind's domain, and human needs should be placed first. EPA regulations are too restrictive and wrong.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Oppose Women or minorities should fend for themselves rather than relaying on government interventions, because government should not enforce this.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

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
06/21/2016	H.R.5499	Agency Accountability Act of 2016
06/16/2016	H.R.5457	To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes.
06/13/2016	H.R.2928	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 B Street in Perryville, Arkansas, as the "Harold George Bennett Post Office".
06/09/2016	H.R.5418	Protecting Internet Freedom Act
05/17/2016	H.R.5209	American Manufacturing and Worker Protection Act of 2016
05/17/2016	H.R.4980	Firearm Due Process Protection Act
05/17/2016	H.R.4956	End Executive Overreach Act
05/13/2016	H.R.5180	Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016
04/29/2016	H.R.5135	Suppressor Export Act
04/28/2016	H.R.699	Email Privacy Act	Passed	Yea
04/14/2016	H.R.4938	Free File Act of 2016
04/13/2016	H.R.4924	Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016
04/01/2016	H.R.4636	POWERS Act of 2016
03/23/2016	H.R.1671	Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
03/21/2016	H.R.4690	Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016
03/17/2016	H.R.4773	Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
03/16/2016	H.Res.648	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives respecting budget-related points of order.
03/15/2016	H.Con.Res.75	Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.	Passed	Yea
03/14/2016	H.R.4730	Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
03/11/2016	H.R.4715	RPM Act of 2016

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