The four-man Army crew of a UH-1H "Huey" chased a burning C-130 transport plane as it crashed near Saigon in 1972, hovered over the wreckage and pulled five men onto their helicopter. They did this while taking -- and returning -- fire. And they all survived. On Tuesday -- 45 years later, to the day -- the Huey crew will receive Silver Stars, the military's third-highest decoration, for their action. Robert Monette, who was the helicopter pilot that day, said the medals were "unexpected, and ver...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill faced an emotional crowd of 1,000 people Monday at a joint town-hall-style meeting in Little Rock where the two Republicans fielded questions about a range of issues, including President Donald Trump's decision to bomb a Syrian air base and the House's vote on health care. Some audience members wore Trump hats, but they were outnumbered by the president's opponents -- many with T-shirts with the names of Planned Parenthood and Moms Demand Action for...
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Cheers and jeers erupted in a Little Rock conference hall for each question U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill answered from constituents at a town hall Monday afternoon. Cotton and Hall spoke on a range of topics — from taxes to affordable health care to internet privacy — for an hour-and-a-half at a conference room at the Little Rock Embassy Suites. People arrived early to fill about 700 seats and line the walls. Attendees could submit slips of paper with their names, their hometow...
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LITTLE ROCK (TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS) -- At a town hall attended by at least 700 individuals Monday, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he told Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier in the day that he supports the state’s plan to carry out multiple executions in April, while U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, also expressed support for the death penalty. Cotton Deputy Press Secretary Dylan Haney said more than 700 seats at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock were set up for the 2 p.m. event, and when th...
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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton faced a combative group of constituents at a town hall on Monday, taking heat from a room of people voicing their frustrations with what has been an eventful start to President Donald Trump’s presidency. The room erupted in boos when Cotton, flanked by Arkansas Rep. French Hill, repeated Trump’s defense that the president will not release his taxes while under IRS audit. “I’m wondering if you’ll take the initiative to have him release those returns so we can see what kin...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill will hold a public meeting Monday afternoon in west Little Rock, and liberal activists say they'll be there to speak out. In addition, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack will be holding public meetings across Northwest Arkansas. This will be Cotton's third such event in less than two months; he spoke to a large crowd in Springdale in February and joined up with U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford in Heber Springs in March for another question-and-answer session. Cotton, a ...
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, announced they will hold a joint town hall in Little Rock next week. The event will take place on April 17 at the Embassy Suites on Financial Center Parkway. The town hall is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and doors open at 1:30 p.m, according to a news release. This event comes after Cotton held a town hall in Springdale back in February. There, he faced approximately 2,000 constituents, some angrily question...
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While side one, Congress Republicans, is busy spreading their message against the current structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, their adversary is busy doing the same. The battle over the future of the bureau has spurred representatives, such as Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to recently pen commentaries for their local publications on the need for the agency to be reined in. But people in support of the CFPB aren’t simply going to sit around quietly. Davi...
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Wall Street pension management companies are protesting a decision by agency officials to preserve a 2016 regulation which supporters say will protect retirees’ savings from self-serving sales managers. On February 3, President Donald Trump directed officials at the Department of Labor to review the regulation “to determine whether it may adversely affect the ability of Americans to gain access to retirement information and financial advice.” advertisement But officials postponed the review unti...
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As the controversy around the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau heightens, more representatives are stepping outside of the beltway to tell their constituents their opinions on the constitutionality of the bureau. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., recently penned a commentary for his local publication, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, on the need for the agency to be reined in. Hill begins by stating, “In Washington, accountability has gone from a focal point of governance to a relative afterthou...
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