RepublicanBruce Westerman
U.S. Representative · Arkansas
Arkansas's 4th district
U.S. Representative from Arkansas
4 tracked promises
How they won their seat
Bruce Westerman won the 2024 U.S. House election in Arkansas (District 4) with 72.9% of the vote (197,046 votes).
- Bruce Westerman · Republican72.9%197,046
- Risie Howard · Democrat27.1%73,207
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Bruce Westerman's record includes sponsorship of bills related to natural resource management and environmental issues, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Great American Outdoors Act 250 and the Fix Our Forests Act. Additionally, he has sponsored resolutions related to education and awareness months, as reflected in his sponsorship of various resolutions recognizing National Dyslexia Awareness Month. Focus areas (from the record): Natural Resources · Environmental Policy · Education · Awareness Campaigns Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The lack of evidence prevents a comprehensive analysis of alignment with declared positions. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes is not assessed; There is no information on any unlogged work or community engagement efforts. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Bruce Westerman has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2017. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Bruce Westerman has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 4
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$34K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.1M44%
- PAC / committee$1.3M54%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Chair, House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous MaterialsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and EnvironmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and TransitOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
4 promises across 4 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Endangered Species & Conservation1
- Health Care1
- Permitting Reform1
- Wildfire & Forest Management1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)4100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
4 tracked promises
“Advance the Fair Care Act (H.R. 8840) to lower the cost of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States.”
“Pass the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776) to reform the National Environmental Policy Act — clarifying ambiguous provisions to make federal environmental reviews and project permitting more efficient and timely.”
“Enact the ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 — prioritizing conservation resources and creating incentives for wildlife conservation on private lands.”
“Pass the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471) to overhaul federal forest management — expediting National Environmental Policy Act reviews and forest-thinning/wildfire-mitigation projects on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management lands to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk.”
Verified record
77 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $2,197,868, spent $773,458, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250 ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8840: Fair Care Act of 2026 ↗May 14, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1173: Expressing support for the designation of April 2026 as "Second Chance Month". ↗Apr 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7081: Sara’s Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2026 ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 821: Expressing support for the recognition of October 2025 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month". ↗Oct 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4776: SPEED Act ↗Jul 25, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 289: Expressing support for the designation of April 2025 as "Second Chance Month". ↗Apr 1, 2025
- Sponsored HR 1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025 ↗Mar 6, 2025
- Sponsored HR 1275: Focus on Learning Act ↗Feb 12, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 90: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Natural Resources in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. ↗Jan 31, 2025
- Sponsored HR 471: Fix Our Forests Act ↗Jan 16, 2025
- Sponsored HR 10409: Fair Care Act of 2024 ↗Dec 12, 2024
Showing the 12 most recent of 77 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 466
- Nay
- 140
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Nay
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Health CareStated position
Advance the Fair Care Act (H.R. 8840) to lower the cost of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8840https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8840View position & sources → - Permitting ReformStated position
Pass the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776) to reform the National Environmental Policy Act — clarifying ambiguous provisions to make federal environmental reviews and project permitting more efficient and timely.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4776https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr4776View position & sources → - Endangered Species & ConservationStated position
Enact the ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 — prioritizing conservation resources and creating incentives for wildlife conservation on private lands.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1897https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1897View position & sources → - Wildfire & Forest ManagementStated position
Pass the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471) to overhaul federal forest management — expediting National Environmental Policy Act reviews and forest-thinning/wildfire-mitigation projects on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management lands to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk.
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/471https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr471https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_WestermanView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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