Westerman Announces Economic Prosperity Policy

Press Release

Former Arkansas House Majority Leader and Fourth District Congressional Candidate Bruce Westerman (R-Hot Springs) today released the following statement announcing his policy for economic prosperity for the 114th Congress:

"An important question for voters is 'Are we better off today than when Barack Obama took office?' For over 110,000 Arkansans that are unemployed or have given up looking for work, the answer is 'No.' There are too many hassles, in the form of taxes, regulations and apathy, coming from the Obama administration, limiting the freedom of Arkansans small business owners and entrepreneurs to expand their businesses, hire their neighbors and help their fellow Arkansans get good-paying jobs and establish long-term careers.

"In Congress, I will fight for commonsense solutions to lessen the hassles on small business and against finding new ways for government to increase interfering with the private sector."

About Rep. Bruce Westerman

A lifelong resident of Garland County, Rep. Bruce Westerman was Arkansas's first Republican House Majority Leader in 138 years and an architect of the House Republican SIMPLE Plan which led to the 2013 Republican takeover of the Arkansas House of Representatives.

An engineer and forester for 22 years at Mid-South Engineering in Hot Springs, Westerman is a registered professional engineer in Arkansas and six other states, and a registered forester in Arkansas. He holds a Master of Forestry degree (2001) from Yale University. In 2013, he was named Engineer of the Year by the Arkansas Society of Professional of Engineers.

Westerman graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from the Univesity of Arkansas in 1990. While at Arkansas, Westerman was a four-year walk-on member of the Razorback Football Team. He received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2005 and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012.

Westerman is a former board member of the Fountain Lake School District and is a deacon at Walnut Valley Baptist Church. He lives in Hot Springs with his wife Sharon and their four children.

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