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Bruce Eugene Westerman is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Westerman has focused on issues such as natural resources, forestry, and environmental policy during his time in office. He has been an advocate for sustainable forestry practices and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the management of public lands. Westerman has also been involved in discussions around economic development and job creation in Arkansas.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I also rise in support of this amendment en bloc. None of the amendments included in this amendment en bloc would add more spending to this bill. Three of the amendments in this en…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I just want to go back through the facts as we know them. We know that we need to do better habitat management, whether it is forest, rangelands, oceans, rivers, or lakes…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk about this bill being bipartisan. The original House version of the text did have 42 Republican cosponsors on it, which is a sizable number…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Idaho for making a point that it is really the underlying reason that we should be--or the underlying question we should be talking about is, Why do we need to recover America's wildlife? It is…
Mr. Speaker, I encourage the majority to put their estimates to the test. Let's make this a bill with a 7-year sunset like the amendment that I proposed. Let's come back, look at it, and see if it really did save money. If it really did…
Madam Speaker, due to a schedule conflict, I was unable to cast roll call votes on Friday, May 13th. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 178, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 179, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 180, ``yea'' on…
Trees are by far the largest scale, they are the most pragmatic, proactive solution that we have to atmosphere carbon.
I am bewildered and disappointed when the Department of the Interior and many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle take actions and support bills--like the bill we are discussing today--to kill some of the most promising mining…
Right. So, when you build this battery plant, where are you going to get the lithium, the metals, the rare earths that are needed to build the batteries? Where will they come from?
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