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The Time I went Canoeing With A Republican Congressman
By: Emily Kearns
My husband calls me an unlikely environmentalist. He says when he pictures what an environmentalist looks like, I’m not it. In his head, environmentalists are all Californian, granola-crunching hippie types who tie themselves to trees. Why is that? And no offense to those who do, but… Read more »
Rep. French Hill, a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and a Republican from Arkansas, talks about the main topics he intends to discuss during today's testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." (Source: Bloomberg)
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week to reauthorize the Federal Perkins Loan financial aid program for college students.
While the program is set to expire at the end of September 2017, the bill, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353), would extend it for another two years. Sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), the… Read more »
President Trump is not interested in the threat Russia poses to our elections, going by anything he says on the subject.
After being briefed for nearly a year now on unanimous intelligence reports regarding Russia’s assault on the 2016 campaign, Trump remains dismissive. “If [Russian President Vladimir] Putin adamantly denies that he did it, it’s frankly not an issue to… Read more »
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman announced Monday that 11 Arkansas airports will receive $5.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support facility upgrades and expansions.
"These investments will strengthen infrastructure in Arkansas. Local airports are valuable… Read more »
Michael Siegel, U.S. Rep. French Hill's communications director, is leaving after more than six years on Capitol Hill.
Caroline Thorman, deputy communications director to U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., has been hired to replace him.
Siegel was one of Hill's early hires and joined the Little Rock congressman's office early in 2015. Before that, he worked for the House Committee on… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK -- Two educators from the Lake Hamilton School District celebrated the success of engaging students in community action Tuesday during a presentation to the Arkansas Declaration of Learning Year Two Celebration.
Library media specialist Jil'Lana Heard and Rachael Walston, content literacy facilitator for grades 4-12, shared information about their project, "America: Land of… Read more »
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, has had time to reflect on the shootings that targeted Republican Congressional members last week, but he’s cautious on going too far, too fast on changes to security.
Hill, who appeared on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, said that U.S. Capitol police may need to re-think gatherings of elected officials, but… Read more »
FAYETTEVILLE -- The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs toured a Fayetteville bright spot in his beleaguered department Monday, on his way to meet with Wal-Mart leaders on how to improve his agency's logistics.
David Shulkin, Veterans Affairs secretary, visited the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks hospital and grounds in Fayetteville at the invitation of Rep. Steve Womack,… Read more »
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin in early June pronounced the American veterans health care system to be in “critical condition.” One northwest Arkansas VA hospital, however, appears to be thriving, and that prompted U.S. Rep. Steve Womack (R-3rd District) to invite Shulkin to take a look.
After an early morning tour of the Veterans… Read more »
