U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) last week urged Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to advance financial support for the state’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by matching federal monies and efforts. Arkansas Baptist College, Philander Smith College, Shorter College, Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Feb. 5 praised the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of legislation he sponsored to honor Arkansas civil rights champion and lawyer, Scipio Jones. The House on Wednesday approved the Scipio Jones Post Office Portrait Read more…
U.S. Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), French Hill (R-AR), Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Steve Womack (R-AR) commended passage on Dec. 19 by the U.S. House of Representatives of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act. “USMCA sets the stage for billions Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) passed out of a conference committee last week as part of a larger defense policy bill. The World War I Valor Medals Review Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) recently applauded the inclusion of a bipartisan bill he supports that would impose new sanctions on Syrian human rights abusers in larger legislation to authorize U.S. military appropriations. The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, H.R. Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), co-chairman and founder of the bipartisan House Entrepreneurship Caucus, on Nov. 18 commemorated the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week by promising that the newly formed group would find the causes for the nation’s current “startup Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to protect consumers against predatory debt collection practices on Nov. 14 received unanimous approval, 54-0, by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. “This bipartisan legislation will protect Arkansas consumers by putting Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday introduced by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) that seeks to correct Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) payment errors adversely affecting American veterans. The VA Overpayment Accountability Act, H.R. 4360, introduced by Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Oct. 31 introduced bipartisan legislation to determine the causes for the ongoing nationwide slump in startup businesses. “One thing that we know for certain is that small business entrepreneurs and startups are responsible for Read more…
The Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act, cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), on Monday received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives. “This legislation closes an internet loophole to help ensure that our youth can’t obtain Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), ranking member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Oct. 16 introduced a bipartisan bill that would sanction Turkey, imposing consequences for the country’s assault on Syrian Democratic Forces and Kurdish civilians. “The carnage Read more…
Members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Oct. 16 named U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) ranking member of the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy. “Ranking Member Hill has provided invaluable Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Oct. 16 introduced bipartisan legislation authorizing a formal review of relations between the United States and Turkey, specifically to assess whether Turkey has met its duties and obligations with the NATO alliance. “What’s happening Read more…
Nearly 30 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are readying legislation to impose sanctions against Turkey in response to its military offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria. “I am proud to join my colleagues in supporting Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) joined a bipartisan contingent of colleagues in launching the House Entrepreneurship Caucus, which aims to spur the growth of new startup businesses across the United States. “I’m pleased to partner with my colleagues on both Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Too many veterans in my home state of Arkansas have suffered financially because of Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 9 sponsored a bipartisan bill to establish a pilot grant program at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that would provide educational programs to offenders reentering society following their incarceration. “Education leads to Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 6 sponsored legislation that would expand credit reporting agencies’ access to American’s payment data. Rep. Hill introduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019, H.R. 4231, which he said would level “the Read more…
Helping students, parolees and disability beneficiaries gain employment plays a major role in a framework of workforce development reform offered recently by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR). “As we think about workforce strategies and the supply of badly needed workers Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) is working to ensure that his home state becomes a national model for the implementation of Opportunity Zones, which are designed to attract companies and businesses to invest in economically distressed communities. “Ultimately, my vision Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Steve Womack (R-AR) joined their home-state colleagues in Congress to support a proposed rule that would increase Medicare reimbursement rates for America’s rural hospitals. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on June 27 sponsored a bicameral bill to modernize Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. “To ensure that SSDI supports those who need it most and promotes work for those willing and able,” Rep. Hill Read more…
The simulation of human intelligence processes by computer systems is not without both benefits and challenges, said U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI), during its first Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 14 introduced a bill to incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition. Rep. Burgess is the sponsor of the Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and Other Public Health Priorities Read more…
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee named U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) as the ranking member of two newly formed bipartisan task forces to promote responsible innovation through financial technology, fight money laundering and illegal finance, protect small businesses and Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 2 introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act to impose penalties on foreign traffickers of illicit opioids. “We can’t allow more families to be destroyed by the opioid crisis, which Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Sam Graves (R-MO) have sponsored bipartisan legislation that aims to recognize minorities who served during World War I. The World War I Valor Medals Review Act, H.R. 2249, would require a review of the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Steve Womack (R-AR) and French Hill (R-AR) are among a Republican contingent from Arkansas who support a bicameral bill that would enlarge a military veterans’ cemetery in their home state. “By allowing for the expansion of Arkansas State Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives this month approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to protect banks working with law enforcement during criminal investigations. The House on March 11 voted 404-7 to pass the Cooperate with Law Enforcement Read more…
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) on Feb. 25 sponsored a proposal that already has garnered 36 Republican cosponsors who support enhancing penalties for theft of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee and establishing a Mass Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Jan. 24 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a federal or state law enforcement agency, according to the Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill’s (R-AR) Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law. Rep. Hill on April 26, 2018 sponsored H.R. 5636 to expand the Flatside Wilderness on the Ouachita Read more…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted guidelines promoting research on a variety of investment funds in compliance with a law originally sponsored in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR). The SEC on Nov. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Steve Womack (R-AR) and French Hill (R-AR) joined their congressional home state Republican colleagues in seeking action by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure federal funding for Arkansas poultry farmers. The Republican members of Congress asked Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 13 passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to add more acreage to his home state’s federally protected wilderness area. The Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act, H.R. 5636, which Rep. Hill Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) welcomed news this week that the Trump administration planned to negotiate trade deals with the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union (EU). “I’m pleased to hear the good news,” Rep. Read more…
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Steve Womack (R-AR) this week pursued federal action to maintain their home state’s Buffalo National River, which suffers from seasonal algae issues. “Algae growth has plagued our nation’s first national river and one of Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 17 approved a package of bills intended to help end the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis that included bipartisan, bicameral legislation from U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). The Senate amended Read more…
The U.S. House on Sept. 12 agreed to make U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) the lead sponsor of a bipartisan anti-hazing bill for American colleges. Rep. Lance asked for unanimous consent to be considered as the first sponsor of the Read more…
Bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to give regulatory relief to small investment broker-dealers on Sept. 13 passed the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. “I am pleased the Financial Services Committee advanced my bill to provide relief Read more…
In another recent finance-related legislative success, U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) voted to give Arkansans the opportunity to compete in the nation’s booming economy when the U.S. House on Tuesday passed the JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018, which Read more…
Bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a federal or state law enforcement agency received overwhelming U.S. House approval on June Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 15 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) aimed at ending the nationwide influx of heroin and synthetic drugs. “The threats synthetic drugs pose to our communities and law enforcement Read more…
A bipartisan agreement on the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act has been reached by lawmakers in both chambers of Congress who want to halt mail shipments of synthetic opioids into the United States, U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) chastised the Social Security Administration (SSA) for reportedly overpaying Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries by billions of dollars for several years and then permanently waiving billions more in overpayment debt. And the congressman wants Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Majority Whip on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, and U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), chairman of the bipartisan House Automotive Caucus, both gave President Donald Trump a thumbs up for repealing another Obama-era rule. Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), the Majority Whip of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, wants to strengthen protections for financial institutions that are called upon by law enforcement for help during criminal investigations. Rep. Hill on May 11 introduced Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on April 26 unveiled the bipartisan Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act, H.R. 5636, which would designate an additional 640 acres of Arkansas national forest as federally preserved land. “Arkansans and visitors, young and old, are looking Read more…
U.S. Reps. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and French Hill (R-AR) are working to impose harsher sentences for fentanyl trafficking. Rep. Jenkins last week questioned U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about prosecuting drug traffickers, while Rep. Hill discussed a newly proposed bill Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers’ (R-OH) SAFE Transitional License Act, H.R. 2948, a bipartisan measure to provide regulatory relief for registered mortgage loan originators changing employment, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 14 as part of a legislative package Read more…