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September 6, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) issued the following statement Tuesday (Sept. 9) upon passage of H.R. 5577, the Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act.
June 15, 2016
Video
The APPROVAL Act - a bill that would protect Arkansans from private businesses seizing your land through eminent domain - is currently moving through the House Committee on Natural Resources.
June 10, 2016
Blog Post
The House passed two resolutions Friday (June 10) that speak for the American people on energy and the economy.
May 26, 2016
Press Release
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (WI-01) appointed Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) on Thursday (May 26) to serve on a conference committee charged with producing final energy and natural resource legislation.
March 26, 2016
In The News
Federal lawmakers had a quiet yet busy week with most of the action happening in the House. A key energy project in the state received a go-ahead from federal regulators, while a bill to help smaller companies with building capital was introduced.
March 26, 2016
In The News
A group of Arkansas Republican lawmakers on Friday accused President Obama of ‘executive overreach’ over his administration’s plan to partner with a private company to develop a 705-mile wind power transmission line.
March 25, 2016
In The News
Members of Arkansas’ delegation Friday issued a joint statement condemning the approval of a clean-energy project that is expected to cut a path across the state's Ozark Mountain, River Valley and Delta regions.
March 25, 2016
Press Release
Senator John Boozman, Senator Tom Cotton, Congressman Rick Crawford, Congressman French Hill, Congressman Steve Womack, and Congressman Bruce Westerman today issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Energy (DOE) to use Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–58) to partner with Clean Line Energy in an energy transmission project across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
March 25, 2016
In The News
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday (March 25) approved the controversial $2 billion Clean Line project that will build through Arkansas a large electric transmission network. Arkansas’ Congressional delegation issued a joint response, saying the approval is “unprecedented executive overreach.”
March 22, 2016
Video
Today I asked Secretary Ernest Moniz if the Department of Energy was working with the Forest Service or research universities to incorporate forest biomass into the DOE research and development portfolio.