Staffer: Westerman safe in undisclosed location

January 6, 2021 at 8:59 p.m. | Updated January 6, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

by Karl Richter

U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., answers an audience question about whether he would support HR 676, a universal health insurance program with single-payer financing, on Thursday morning at an event hosted by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce at the Arkansas Convention Center in Texarkana, Ark. Westerman spoke on a variety of topics, such as health care, industry and infrastructure.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., answers an audience question about whether he would support HR 676, a universal health insurance program with single-payer financing, on Thursday morning at an event hosted by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce at the Arkansas Convention Center in Texarkana, Ark. Westerman spoke on a variety of topics, such as health care, industry and infrastructure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is safe in an undisclosed location, his communications director Rebekah Hoshiko said shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Westerman, who represents Arkansas' 4th Congressional District, was in the U.S. Capitol when protesters stormed the building to disrupt congressional proceedings to count the electoral votes for president and vice president.

Hoshiko did not know whether Westerman had yet reached the House chamber when the breach took place.

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