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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas U.S. Rep. French Hill has been named to the House Committee on Financial Services Terrorism Financing Task Force. The Republican's office announced the appointment on Monday. Hill says in a statement that with the growing threat of the Islamic State terrorist group - also known as ISIL - everything in the country's power must be done to cripple the… Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill is one of 21 congressmen who will serve on a task force dedicated to thwarting the financing behind terrorist groups... Read more »

Arkansas' U.S. Rep. French Hill of Little Rock traveled to Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville and talked with Mayflower citizens Monday. On Tuesday, he visited the Central Arkansas Water Intake Facility at Lake Maumelle. On Wednesday, he met with Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner and visited the Healing Waters Outreach and Worship Center. Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill said Tuesday that he wasn't ready to take a position on whether to restart the Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured two years ago this month or move it out of the watershed of central Arkansas' largest drinking-water supply... Read more »

Numerous references to the triumph over past struggles of Arkansas Baptist College were made Tuesday during the grand opening of the historically black college's community union. More than 100 people gathered Tuesday in a blocked-off street in Little Rock in front of the new First Security Community Union to witness the official ribbon-cutting on the long-awaited center. The three-story… Read more »

This weekend U.S. Rep. French Hill and his wife headed to Alabama to join President Barack Obama and nearly 100 other members of Congress to recognize the 50th anniversary of marches that helped lead to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Read more »

Congress ended a showdown linking Homeland Security Department spending and immigration policy as House Speaker John Boehner defied hard-line Republicans and let the chamber vote to fund the agency through September... Read more »

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was praised Tuesday by the entire Arkansas delegation for delivering a clear and compelling case for drawing a hard line against Iran’s nuclear ambitions... Read more »

Talk of a federal ammunition ban has gun owners running to store shelves to stock up. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has proposed a ban on the sale of M855 bullets, claiming it's dangerous for police officers in the line of duty... Read more »

Congress on Tuesday ended weeks of tumult over legislation to finance the Department of Homeland Security, passing a bill that will keep the agency operating for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year... Read more »