The House of Representatives has passed the final four appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026, completing the annual appropriations process through a committee-led approach. The bills include funding for the Department of Defense, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Congressman Bruce Westerman of Arkansas’s 4th district commented on the passage. “For years, Congress has relied on bloated and reckless stopgap spending bills, ultimately leaving future lawmakers to deal with a compounding fiscal issue. Today, the House has restored regular order and fiscal sanity to the federal budget process by successfully passing all twelve appropriations bills. House Republicans are continuing to deliver on their promises to the American people by lowering the level of discretionary spending to steward their tax dollars well and work in the way Congress was intended. I’m proud of the job my Republican colleagues have done to put the American people first and apply commonsense, conservative principles to such an integral part of the role we play as lawmakers.”
Bruce Westerman has represented Arkansas’s 4th District in Congress since 2015 after serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. He was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1967 and currently resides there. Westerman graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1990.
