Bruce Westerman

Bruce Westerman supports reducing regulations, lowering taxes, and fiscal responsibility to promote economic growth, citing his involvement in rolling back Obama-era regulations and supporting historic tax cuts. He believes these actions lead to job creation, increased median household income, and allow individuals to invest in small businesses.

Bruce Westerman believes that technology, rather than limitations on fossil fuel production, is the best way to address climate change. He advocates for increased mining of critical minerals for electric vehicles and other energy transition tools, but also states that the potential of electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions is overstated. He supports nuclear power and natural solutions like forestry and biochar to remove carbon from the atmosphere, and emphasizes the need for reliable and affordable energy for a growing global population.

Bruce Westerman supports strengthening immigration laws, including H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, and H.R. 3004, Kate's Law. He believes in stopping cities from harboring undocumented immigrants and imposing enhanced criminal penalties for undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records who re-enter the United States.

Bruce Westerman is pro-life and supports legislation to halt taxpayer funding for abortions. He believes that life is a right and abortion is not, and he was ecstatic about the reversal of Roe v. Wade, stating that the issue of abortion should be returned to the states. He also believes that women will always have choices, citing adoption as an alternative.

Bruce Westerman opposes the Equality Act, stating that while all people should be treated with respect and dignity, the Act infringes on First Amendment rights and the rights of others by redefining "sex" to include sexual orientation and gender identity, potentially impacting women's shelters, abortion access, and women's sports.

Bruce Westerman believes education is integral to the nation's future and emphasizes the importance of civics, history, and the pillars of government. He introduced the Focus on Learning Act, requiring a study on the effects of cell phone use on K-12 students' mental health and academic performance.

Bruce Westerman has consistently voted for sanctions against countries like Russia, Iran, and North Korea. He has also been critical of the Iran Nuclear Deal and has supported legislation to strengthen oversight of Iran's access to finance. He has also expressed support for Israel and co-sponsored the Jerusalem Embassy Act.

Bruce Westerman supports legislation to protect children online from the dangers of social media and AI, advocating for holding Big Tech companies accountable and empowering parents. He introduced the Focus on Learning Act in 2024 to study the impact of cell phones in schools.

Bruce Westerman emphasizes working with local community leaders and has focused on reducing regulations, lowering taxes, and promoting environmental stewardship through science-based forest management, which he believes benefits local communities in Arkansas.

Bruce Westerman supports election integrity measures, including requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. He believes that only American citizens should be allowed to vote and has co-sponsored and voted for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Bruce Westerman introduced The Fair Care Act of 2024, a comprehensive healthcare reform plan aimed at lowering costs, decreasing the number of uninsured, protecting individuals with preexisting conditions, and expanding coverage options. The plan includes codifying ACA preexisting condition protections, offering greater protections through an "Invisible Guaranteed Coverage Risk Pool," eliminating the employer health insurance mandate, expanding premium assistance, promoting transparency in pricing and billing, discouraging hospital consolidation, modernizing drug approval, reforming PBM practices, expanding telehealth, modernizing Medicare enrollment, establishing flexible Medicaid funding, and promoting fiscal accountability for Medicare and Medicaid.

Bruce Westerman supports the Second Amendment and has worked to eliminate federal taxes on firearm silencers. He also opposes banning lead ammunition.