This legislation is aligned with our mission and values as we fight for a toxic-free future.
Bruce Westerman
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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.
Women's Voices for the Earth, an environmental health organization representing tens of thousands of people across the nation, strongly supports the Environmental Justice for All Act (HR 2021).
As we work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that access to the outdoors is more important than ever.
We urge committee members to advance this important legislation quickly to begin remedying the long history of environmental racism.
I would argue that, rather than the abstract, our focus should be on how environmental policies impact communities across the nation.
It seems like if we produce that energy domestically, maybe part of it off of the Navajo Nation, that that would benefit families there.
It seems to me that the Biden administration has made just a unilateral decision without your input.
the Biden administration is pursuing a 20-year ban on oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon.
I had the great pleasure last summer to be out in south central New Mexico and visit the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
As I said earlier, talk is cheap, and the Biden administration, they have a Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships.
At the end of 2021, inflation reached a 40-year high, increasing costs for American families.





