Cotton, Hill to Host Town Hall in LR

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, announced they will hold a joint town hall in Little Rock next week. The event will take place on April 17 at the Embassy Suites on Financial Center Parkway. The town hall is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and doors open at 1:30 p.m, according to a news release. This event comes after Cotton held a…

LA Times columnist writes scathing piece against House Financial Services Chairman

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While side one, Congress Republicans, is busy spreading their message against the current structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, their adversary is busy doing the same. The battle over the future of the bureau has spurred representatives, such as Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to recently pen commentaries for their local publications on the…

Wall Street, Populists, Fight Over Rules for Americans Pension Plans

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Wall Street pension management companies are protesting a decision by agency officials to preserve a 2016 regulation which supporters say will protect retirees’ savings from self-serving sales managers. On February 3, President Donald Trump directed officials at the Department of Labor to review the regulation “to determine whether it may adversely affect the ability of…

Representative Hill: Here's what the defenders of the CFPB ignore

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As the controversy around the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau heightens, more representatives are stepping outside of the beltway to tell their constituents their opinions on the constitutionality of the bureau.   Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., recently penned a commentary for his local publication, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, on the need for the agency to be reined…

Senate advances rules exemption for Delta Queen

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If the U.S. Senate has its way, a 90-year-old steamboat will soon be able to return to the Mississippi River. Lawmakers voted 85-12 Monday to approve legislation that would exempt the Delta Queen from federal safety regulations that had forced it into retirement. U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both Arkansas Republicans, were co-sponsors of the bill. Boozman said Monday that…

Clark, Cotton: Red-line retreats do U.S. no good

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It was a bad idea for the United States to draw a red line in Syria, show it to the world and then fail to take action once the line had been crossed, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark and an Arkansas lawmaker said Friday. "I'm against red lines, drawing red lines in principle. In my experience, in my study of foreign policy, I haven't seen the red lines to be useful when…

UPDATE: Sen. Boozman Cautions President Against Syria Action Without Congress, Delegation Weighs In

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Arkansas’s all-Republican congressional delegation is showing support for President Trump’s air strikes in Syria.  U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, in a statement released late Thursday night, said he commends the president for “taking swift, decisive action” against an “outlaw regime.” The state's senior U.S. Senator John Boozman said "Limited,…

Aristotle exec chosen for broadband panel

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The Federal Communications Commission, which is looking for ways to increase high-speed Internet access, selected a Little Rock high-tech entrepreneur to serve on its new Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. Elizabeth Bowles, the president and chairman of the board of Aristotle Inc., was named to the committee Thursday. Aristotle, which describes itself as a "full-service digital…

AIPAC Conference Celebrates Judea and Samaria Anniversary

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Four government ministers, two Consuls General and 350 participants in AIPAC’s annual policy conference held a celebration mark the 50th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem and the liberation of Judea and Samaria during the 1967 Six-Day War. The event was hosted by Oded Revivi, mayor of Efrat and Yesha Council chief foreign envoy, and Dani Dayan, Revivi’s…

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