U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman 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.
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 recently-passed funding for transportation projects – including highways, bridges, railways and waterways – through the multi-billion-dollar Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act.
