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Congressional commission challenges $700 million YRC loan 7/20/2020 JOC   A congressional oversight commission said Monday it will investigate the $700 million US loan to YRC Worldwide, but it’s unclear whether anything short of legislation would prevent the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier from getting the COVID-19 relief loan announced July 1.  The oversight… Read more »

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Hill introduces bill to assist schools | 2 senators support $740B defense bill | At White House events, masks few 7/26/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., introduced the Helping Educators with Learning Preparation Act on Thursday in the House of Representatives. If approved, it would authorize creation of a $25… Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill alone in backing removal of statues 7/25/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. French Hill was the only member of the state's all-Republican congressional delegation this week who voted to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol complex. Hill said he was proud that the Arkansas Legislature had already voted to remove its statues and… Read more »

The List: 72 Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol 7/24/2020 BreitBart The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), mandates that a bust of former Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney sitting in the U.S. Capitol be replaced with a bust of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Additionally, the… Read more »

Little Rock Port Breaks Ground On $11 Million Improvements 7/24/2020 The Waterways Journal Local, state and federal leaders gathered July 6 for a groundbreaking ceremony on new transportation infrastructure at the Port of Little Rock, Ark. Construction has now begun to widen and improve Zeuber Road to meet heavy industrial standards in anticipation of two new companies locating… Read more »

LETTER: EMS facing financial burdens because of COVID 7/22/2020 Finger Lakes Times To the Editor: U.S. House Representatives Cindy Axne (D-IA), French Hill (R-AR), and John Larson (D-CT) are requesting for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to provide emergency medical services (EMS) with reimbursement for treatment in place (TIP) and telehealth facilitations. The… Read more »

Addressing the other COVID crisis: Corruption 7/22/2020 Brookings The need for oversight of Trump administration coronavirus spending has reached an inflection point.[1] Over the past few weeks, there have been reports that 27 clients of Trump-connected lobbyists have received up to $10.5 billion of that spending;[2] that beneficiaries have also included multiple entities… Read more »

House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol 7/22/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette WASHINGTON — The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as a reckoning over racial injustice continues after the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis. The House vote also would remove a… Read more »

Watchdog urges Fed to extend more virus aid to states, small firms American Banker 07/20/2020 The Federal Reserve isn’t moving quickly enough to get loans to cash-strapped small businesses and local governments struggling to cope with the coronavirus crisis, according to a panel created to monitor billions of dollars in aid approved in response to the pandemic. U.S. central bank… Read more »

Watchdog Urges Fed to loan Extra Virus Assist to States, Small Corporations 07/20/2020 Fintech Zoom (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve isn’t shifting shortly sufficient to get loans to cash-strapped small companies and native governments struggling to deal with the coronavirus disaster, in line with a panel created to observe billions of {dollars} in help permitted in response to the… Read more »