Legislative leaders reacted on Friday to news that North Korea had conducted its fifth nuclear weapons test and second such test this year. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity, said that North Korea’s testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles poses a major threat to the United States and its allies. “North Korea’s belligerent behavior must be stopped; it’s imperative we drastica...
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Legislative leaders reacted on Friday to news that North Korea had conducted its fifth nuclear weapons test and second such test this year. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity, said that North Korea’s testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles poses a major threat to the United States and its allies. “North Korea’s belligerent behavior must be stopped; it’s imperative we drastica...
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A few weeks ago I showed that the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal had rejected, in July 2011, reconsideration of the 1981 claim by Iran for compensation from aircraft not delivered ($2.2 billion was the total stated then). I have been unable to find any record of it being considered again. Yet Secretary Kerry found that it was necessary to pay the terrorist-sponsoring regime in Iran $1.7 billion for that specific claim. While not looking into the validity of the $1.7 billion claim by Iran fo...
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A few weeks ago I showed that the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal had rejected, in July 2011, reconsideration of the 1981 claim by Iran for compensation from aircraft not delivered ($2.2 billion was the total stated then). I have been unable to find any record of it being considered again. Yet Secretary Kerry found that it was necessary to pay the terrorist-sponsoring regime in Iran $1.7 billion for that specific claim. While not looking into the validity of the $1.7 billion claim by Iran for...
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During a Thursday meeting of the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. Rep. French Hill questioned officials about the Obama administration's decision to send $1.7 billion in cash to the Iranian regime. Pallets of non-U.S. currency were delivered to Tehran earlier this year, money that settled decades-old claims involving weapons that were paid for but never delivered. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were severed after the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Lawmakers heard fro...
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Hill: Sending Iran $1.7B myopic move During a Thursday meeting of the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. Rep. French Hill questioned officials about the Obama administration's decision to send $1.7 billion in cash to the Iranian regime. To read full story, click here.
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Members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation disagreed this week about whether to place tougher limitations on attorneys fees collected as part of certain federal legal settlements. Arkansas' U.S. Reps. Bruce Westerman and Rick Crawford supported language that would have prevented environmental attorneys from receiving more than $125 per hour for their work. U.S. Reps. French Hill and Steve Womack opposed the restriction, which supporters tried to add to HR5063, the Stop Settl...
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The Library of Congress gained at least 20 new contributors to its Veterans History Project after a training session Saturday morning in Little Rock. The Veterans History Project, which began in 2000, aims to preserve history by recruiting volunteers to interview peace and wartime veterans. The interviews are recorded to create an oral history for the Library of Congress. U.S. Rep. French Hill's office organized Saturday's training at the Cox Creative Center. There will be another training in Oc...
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Arkansas and financial-technology company FIS have agreed to give $1 million apiece to aid in funding the FinTech Accelerator program in 2017 and 2018, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and company CEO Gary Norcross said Wednesday. The two spoke at the presentations of the 10 startup companies that participated in the FinTech program that started in May. The event, held at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, was the conclusion of the 12-week program. Click here to read the entire story.
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It was wholly a pleasure--wait, that's somebody else's lede. Let's say it was quite satisfying to see the story in Tuesday's paper about French Hill's latest meeting. Yes, meeting. They're not all bad. The congressman from central Arkansas knows something about economics and business. Somebody told us he had a bit of a background in both. So when he talks on these matters, some of us listen. Intently. Click here to read the entire story.
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