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Rep. French Hill: “China is in cahoots with Democrats to get this proposal through Congress” Fox News [LISTEN] Read more »

45 years late, but veteran gets Vietnam era medals (01/27/21) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Bob Davis remembers practically every mission in his 22-year military career. He remembers flying combat missions over Vietnam. He remembers the test flights for one of the Air Force's most iconic… Read more »

Biden inauguration: The political and constitutional challenges ahead (01/19/21) BBC [LISTEN 04:05]     Read more »

Experts See Positive Development In The Treatment Of Egypt’s Christians, But Say Discrimination Will Continue Without Sweeping Change (01/18/21) The Daily Caller In February 2015, a video showing 21 Christians being executed by ISIS on a beach in Libya shocked the world. The men, known as the 21… Read more »

Hill resolution honors police who defended U.S. Capitol (01/15/21) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., has introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the officers who defended the Capitol during last week's hours-long riot. The lawmaker from Little Rock worked with U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo.,… Read more »

Sound On: Bloomberg Podcast (01/04/2021) [LISTEN 19:00] Read more »

Congress on Monday night passed a $900 billion covid-19 relief package to deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and provide resources to vaccinate a nation grappling with the economic and health toll of the pandemic. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a bundle of bipartisan legislation as… Read more »

What to Know in Washington: Congress Set for Spending, Aid Vote  Bloomberg Gov 12/21/2020 Pentagon Said Erred in Relief Loan to Firm: Congress might have given too much leeway to the Treasury Department and Pentagon to make loans during the pandemic, putting taxpayer dollars at risk, a lawmaker on a congressional oversight committee said. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.)… Read more »

Congress clinches deal to restore Pell grants for prisoners 26 years after ban Politico 12/20/2020 Congressional leaders have struck a deal to reinstate Pell grants for incarcerated students more than a quarter century after banning the aid for prison education programs, top Democrats and Republicans announced on Sunday. The legislation, which is expected to be included… Read more »

Hill questions $700M aid loan to ailing firm  ADG 12/19/2020 U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., wants to know why a financially struggling Kansas trucking business was deemed vital to national security and given a $700 million covid-19 relief loan. He criticized the Department of Defense on Friday for failing to provide satisfactory explanations. Thus far, the Congressional Oversight… Read more »