Westerman touts transportation funding, defense economy, outdoors act
by Roby Brock ([email protected]) May 31, 2026 10:16 am 796 views
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, said he will host a field hearing in Hot Springs during the second week in June to collect testimony for the Great American Outdoors Act, a bipartisan bill passed in 2020 to shore up funding for the massive backlog of deferred maintenance on federal lands and parks.
Westerman, who is chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, will be guiding the legislation through the reauthorization process. He said he hopes the field hearing in Arkansas will showcase the beauty of The Natural State.
“I think it will focus a lot of attention on our national parks and highlight Hot Springs National Park in that field hearing,” he said in an interview with Talk Business & Politics.
Congress is on recess and Westerman is traveling the Fourth Congressional District to meet with constituents on a variety of issues. In his interview, he touched on …