| 词条 | Bruce Westerman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Bruce Westerman |image = Bruce Westerman, 115th official photo.jpg |state = Arkansas |district = {{ushr|AR|4|4th}} |term_start = January 3, 2015 |term_end = |predecessor = Tom Cotton |successor = |office1 = Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives |term_start1 = January 2013 |term_end1 = January 2015 |predecessor1 = Johnnie Roebuck |successor1 = Ken Bragg |state_house2 = Arkansas |district2 = 22nd |term_start2 = January 2013 |term_end2 = January 2015 |predecessor2 = Nate Bell |successor2 = Mickey Gates |state_house3 = Arkansas |district3 = 30th |term_start3 = January 2011 |term_end3 = January 2013 |predecessor3 = Bill Sample |successor3 = Charles Armstrong |birth_name = Bruce Eugene Westerman |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|18}} |birth_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = Sharon French |children = 4 |education = University of Arkansas (BS) Yale University (MS) |website = {{url|westerman.house.gov|House website}} }} Bruce Eugene Westerman (born November 18, 1967) is a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas' 4th congressional district. Previously, he served as the Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives. In 2014, Westerman ran successfully for the U.S. House to succeed Tom Cotton, who had unseated Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor. BackgroundWesterman was reared in and still resides in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He worked as an engineer and forester before running for the Arkansas House, to which he was elected in 2010. He was Majority Leader in the 2013-2014 legislative session. Westerman graduated as valedictorian of Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs. He attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in engineering in 1990 and subsequently received a master's degree in forestry from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] Westerman was formerly employed as an engineer and forester by the Mid-South Engineering Company. He served as president of the Arkansas chapter of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He is also a former chair of the Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineers. He formerly served on the school board of the Fountain Lake School District. Arkansas House of RepresentativesElectionsHe ran for the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2010 without opposition to succeed fellow Republican Bill Sample, who was instead elected to the Arkansas State Senate.[2][3][4] With the 2012 election, Westerman was transferred to his current District 22, in which he also ran without opposition in both the Republican primary and the general election. The incumbent District 22 lawmaker, Republican Nate Bell of Polk County was switched to District 20. TenureWesterman served as the House Minority Leader in 2012 and House Majority Leader in 2013.[5] In 2013, Representative Westerman co-sponsored the amending of state income tax rates and supported the proposed spending cap on the state budget, but the latter measure failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He joined the majority to override the vetoes of Democratic Governor Mike Beebe to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban abortion after twenty weeks of gestation. He was a co-sponsor of both of those measures. Westerman also supported related pro-life legislation to outlaw abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a felony in certain cases.[6] On Second Amendment issues, Westerman co-sponsored allowing officials of universities and religious institutions to engage in the concealed carry of firearms. He voted to reduce the application fee for obtaining a concealed carry permit, but the measure was defeated in the House. Westerman supported the measure which prohibits the governor from regulating firearms during an emergency. He voted for the failed measure to prohibit the closing of schools based on a two-year pupil enrollment analysis. He voted to establish a tiered system of lottery scholarships. He voted against legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas nonpartisan, which nevertheless passed sixty-three to twenty-four. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of unpasteurized whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.[6] In 2011 Westerman voted for dress codes and the establishment of state standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He voted to prohibit cell phone usage in school zones. He voted to require that state driver's license tests be administered only in the English language. He co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the reduction of taxes on manufacturers' utilities. He voted against the 2011 congressional redistricting act.[6] Committee assignments
U.S. House of Representatives2014 electionWesterman won the Republican congressional primary on May 20, 2014, by defeating Tommy Moll 54%–46%.[7] In November, he defeated Democratic nominee James Lee Witt, a former associate of U.S. President Bill Clinton, 54%-43%.[8] TenureOn June 20, 2017 as the only certified forester in the House, Westerman introduced H.R.2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017,[9] providing for the culling of overgrown federally managed woods. After passing the House, it was introduced in the Senate on November 2, 2017, where it stalled because of opposition from Democrats lobbied by anti-logging environmentalists.[10] Westerman voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[11] Committee assignmentsIn the 114th Congress, Westerman serves on the:
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Electoral history
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/119120/bruce-westerman|title=Bruce Westerman's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 12, 2014}} 2. ^Westerman plans to run for Sample's seat in House. Hot Springs Village Voice. September 30, 2009 3. ^Westerman to resign from Fountain Lake school board. Hot Springs Village Voice. March 24, 2010 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=231&contestid=122|title=State Representative District 030 – Certified, 2010|publisher=sos.arkansas.gov|accessdate=January 10, 2014}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/296/bruce-westerman|title=Arkansas House Of Representatives|publisher=Arkanhouse.org|accessdate=January 11, 2015}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119120/bruce-westerman|title=Bruce Westerman's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=January 12, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/12801589/katv-election-results |title=Arkansas Primary Election Results, May 20, 2014|publisher=KATV|accessdate=May 21, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/house/ar/arkansas_4th_district_westerman_vs_witt-5062.html|title=RealClearPolitics – Election 2014 – Arkansas 4th District – Westerman vs. Witt|publisher=Realclearpolitics.com|accessdate=January 11, 2015}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2936|title=H.R.2936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017|first=Bruce|last=Westerman|date=November 2, 2017|website=www.congress.gov|accessdate=April 2, 2019}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/19/bruce-westerman-faults-forest-management-bill-bloc/|title=Bruce Westerman faults forest-management bill blocks on Democrats|first=The Washington Times|last=http://www.washingtontimes.com|website=The Washington Times|accessdate=April 2, 2019}} 11. ^{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=21 December 2017|date=19 December 2017}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Member List|author=|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|format=|publisher=Republican Study Committee|date=|accessdate=22 January 2018}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|format=| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus|date=|accessdate=9 January 2019}} External links
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