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Speaker Pelosi calls for official impeachment inquiry; Arkansas congressmen respond Talk Business & Politics 9/24/19 Declaring that the president has committed “a betrayal” of national security, national intelligence, and whistleblower statutes, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday (Sept. 24) the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives will… Read more »

Debt Collection Legislative Agenda Announced for House Financial Services Committee Hearing ACA International 9/24/19 Ten legislative proposals are on the docket for discussion Thursday during a House Financial Services Committee hearing where ACA member John Bedard, owner of the Bedard Law Group, and Sarah Auchterlonie, shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, will testify… Read more »

Buffalo River project panel forms Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/24/19 Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, using executive powers, created a new state committee Monday that is to select conservation projects within the watershed of the Buffalo National River. Private funds and a planned contribution from Hutchinson's discretionary funds will go toward the projects. The Nature Conservancy… Read more »

Hill introduces bipartisan bill to correct VA’s benefits processing for veterans The Ripon Advance 9/23/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Too many veterans in my home state of Arkansas have suffered financially because of payment mistakes… Read more »

Medication-aided opioid care slow to catch on in state Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/23/19 Months of preparations had gone into the medication-assisted treatment program housed at a decades-old community health center in Clarendon. Signs were posted. Four providers at Mid-Delta Health Systems acquired credentials necessary to prescribe drugs used to treat opioid addiction. Clinic… Read more »

Florida Congressman Wants to Give Community, Midsized Banks More Ability to Offer Loans Florida Daily 9/20/19 This week, a Florida congressman introduced a new bill to increase the abilities of community and midsized banks to offer more small business loans and mortgages. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., brought out the “Community Bank Deposit Access Act.” U.S.… Read more »

Booker, Lee, Cleaver, Hill Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Protect Consumers From Predatory Debt Collection Practices Insider NJ 9/19/19 WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and French Hill (R-AR), today introduced the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2019. The bill would help safeguard… Read more »

Hill offers House bill aimed at helping Americans gain credit worthiness The Ripon Advance 9/10/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 6 sponsored legislation that would expand credit reporting agencies’ access to American’s payment data. Rep. Hill introduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019, H.R. 4231, which he said would level “the playing field by allowing for… Read more »

Congressmen Kim and Hill Introduce Bill to Protect Veterans from VA Errors Insider NJ 9/18/19 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced H.R. 4360, the VA Overpayment Accountability Act, that would help veterans who have been unfairly targeted by debt collection agencies due to errors by the Department of Veterans… Read more »

Hill offers bipartisan legislation to help criminal offenders re-enter society The Ripon Advance 9/17/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 9 sponsored a bipartisan bill to establish a pilot grant program at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that would provide educational programs to offenders reentering society following their incarceration. “Education… Read more »