During a meeting Thursday of the House’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing, U.S. Rep French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he believed Kerry had been “dismissive” of questions about those agreements...
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A bill that would take away federal grants for law enforcement in so-called “sanctuary cities” drew support from all four Arkansas members of the United States House...
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Arkansans sent out messages of condolence Friday for the family of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, a Marine with ties to Russellville who was killed in a shooting rampage Thursday at military facilities in Tennessee....
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A short-term funding bill that will authorize appropriations for federal-aid highway, highway safety and public transportation programs passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House Wednesday...
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A day after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) comment period ended for the controversial $2.4 billion Clean Line wind-power transmission project, Arkansas’ congressional delegation introduced a states’ rights bill to approve or reject grid transmission projects prior to the federal government’s execution of eminent domain authority...
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The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma's chairman is willing to sign an agreement stating that the tribe will not build a casino on the property it owns in Pulaski County if it's taken into federal trust, he wrote in a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs this week...
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U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., met with Dave Elswick's Patriot Tour Group on Tuesday. He went to the Arkansas' Day Dinner at the National Guard Association of the United States Building and met with Arkansas State 4-H on Wednesday. On Thursday, he spoke about International Religious Freedom on the House floor.
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U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman introduced legislation to rename the Helena-West Helena Federal building in honor of Jewish Judge Jacob Trieber.
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The House approved a bill last week to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law intended to give states more flexibility in testing student achievement...
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Governor Hutchinson, along with other Arkansas delegates are writing to Washington to deny a federal land trust for the Quapaw Indian Tribe. The tribe, based in Oklahoma, is trying to take their 160 acres near the airport and have it federally protected.
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