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Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Rep. French Hill Log Cabin Democrat October 30, 2021 Currently there are 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States, but sadly, one in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives. This year, it is estimated that in the United States over 43,000 women will die of breast cancer and… Read more »

The Crisis at our Southern Border by Rep. French Hill The Saline Courier October 28, 2021 The Biden Administration revoked President Trump's southwest border policies and replaced them with absolutely nothing. It should come as no surprise that Border Patrol made 1.66 million arrests last fiscal year - the highest number ever recorded. In that same time, around 145,000 unaccompanied… Read more »

Problems with ESG by Congressman French Hill Story Partners October 21, 2021 The new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, wants the SEC to become America’s climate regulator by mandating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures for both public and private companies. In my view, however, the SEC is drifting into an area that is far… Read more »

U.S. Tells IMF Board It Won’t Seek to Oust Georgieva as Chief by Eric Martin and Saleha Mohsin Bloomberg October 11, 2021 The U.S. told International Monetary Fund board members that it won’t seek the removal of Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva over allegations that she pushed staff to manipulate data for a World Bank report to help China, likely clearing the way for her to… Read more »

Arkansas leaders peg private sector as critical to success of historically Black colleges, universities by Neal Earley Arkansas Democrat Gazette October 5, 2021 One of the most notable things for some participants in Monday's meeting for Historically Black Colleges and Universities at Philander Smith College was the absence of some critical role players. Congressional members,… Read more »

Rep. French Hill Op-Ed in the Saline Courier, Suicide Awareness Prevention Month Little Rock, AR -- Rep. French Hill spoke out in The Saline Courier about raising awareness for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The full op-ed is below: Every 16 hours, right here in Arkansas, we lose a neighbor to suicide. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the state and… Read more »

Regarding the Congressional App Challenge by Rep. French Hill Log Cabin Democrat September 18, 2021 We have real tech talent in central Arkansas, and every fall, I get to highlight that through the Congressional App Challenge. The App Challenge is a competition for students grade eight through twelve, and each year I get to host it right here in central Arkansas. Applications are… Read more »

Hill proposes opioid crisis program by Stephen Simpson Arkansas Democrat Gazette 09/08/2021 U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., has proposed creating a grant program that would assist states dealing with the opioid crisis by allowing strategic planning and co-prescribing anti-overdose drugs. Hill announced Tuesday afternoon he would introduce the Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives… Read more »

Rep. French Hill wins award for promoting healthy work environment in congressional office By Frank Lockwood Arkansas Democrat Gazette 08/30/2021 A Washington nonprofit group has awarded U.S. Reps. French Hill, R-Ark., and Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., its Democracy Award for practices that promote a healthy "Life in Congress --… Read more »

The I.M.F. is distributing $650 billion to help poor countries fight the pandemic. By Alan Rappeport The New York Times 08/23/2021 The International Monetary Fund distributed $650 billion in emergency reserve funds on Monday to help poor countries combat the coronavirus pandemic and pay down debt. The distribution was the largest such expansion of currency reserves, known as… Read more »