Today, we will examine the implementation of two significant laws: the Marine Mammal Protection Act, or the MMPA; and the National Historic Preservation Act, also referred to as NHPA.
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.
I would like to thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the Members for their questions.
I hope our discussion today will bring us closer to potential solutions that bring the application of these laws back to Congress' original intent.
It is an extreme honor to note the accomplishment of a hardworking Arkansas Fourth District family. Mark and Shay Morgan and their daughter, Kate, of Clarksville, were named last December as the 2016 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, and…
NAHB strongly supports Representative Westerman's Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017.
These policies may be making environmental law firms rich, but they are killing our national forests.
I will ask them, do you like trees? Do you like healthy forests? And Republicans, Democrats, Independents alike like healthy forests.
I think we sometimes forget the overall economic impact to our country when home building is strong.





