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Committee–Donor Overlap· Oversees their donors
Bruce Westerman (R) chairs the Natural Resources committee overseeing Oil & Gas — their largest tracked donor sector (12%)
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) chairs the House Committee on Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over the Oil & Gas sector. Oil & Gas comprises 11.8% of his identifiable donations ($0.72M), ranking third among Republican members in donor concentration from that sector.
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Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $721K
12% of their funding
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Bruce Westerman
R-AR · House
chairs
jurisdiction over the sector
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Natural Resources
their committee
12%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$721K
from Oil & Gas
#3
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 272)
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Bruce Westerman →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated August 2, 2026 · internal signal score 93/100.