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After spending the early part of the week in Arkansas, U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, was in Washington on Thursday to give a speech at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority conference. He returned to Little Rock on Friday to meet with Metropolitan Housing Alliance Executive Director Rodney Forte. Read more »

Newly elected Rep. French Hill knows firsthand what it's like to lead a bank through a crisis and implement the sometimes complex rules of Dodd-Frank. That knowledge may prove key as he battles to make regulation simpler for small banks. Read more »

U.S. Sen. John Boozman couldn't help but remember the last time he visited tornado-ravaged sites in Faulkner County. It was in June, several weeks after he had undergone emergency heart surgery. "I think my first official" visit as senator after the surgery was to the tornado-stricken towns of Vilonia and Mayflower, the Republican senator told city and county officials gathered Wednesday… Read more »

All six members of Arkansas' congressional delegation said Wednesday that they plan to fight back against a water regulation rule approved by the Environmental Protection Agency... Read more »

U.S. Sen. John Boozman and U.S. Rep. French Hill toured some of the hardest-hit areas from the April 27, 2014, tornado in Vilonia and Mayflower on Wednesday to get a firsthand view of the rebuilding progress... Read more »

Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee and a former broker, threw his support behind Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as the examiner of registered investment advisors, calling the self-regulator the “natural” choice to step in to help boost the frequency in which RIAs are audited... Read more »

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) criticism of the nation’s biggest banks "smacks of political grandstanding," a House Republican said Thursday. Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill will call out federal agencies or employees that misuse or waste federal money through a "Golden Fleece" award, he announced Wednesday on the House floor... Read more »

Community banks and credit unions are vital to economic development, job creation, and the overall financial stability of the communities they serve.... Read more »

The Regional Innovation Hub already has put about $1 million into the facility, which opened in January. Previous funding has come from a combination of public, private and nonprofit sources, including a $251,105 grant provided by the Delta Regional Authority in December 2013... Read more »