WTAS: Support for President Donald J. Trump’s Strong Stand for Fair Trade with China
Whitehouse.gov
05/10/2019
Members of Congress
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “Hang tough on China, President @realDonaldTrump. Don’t back down. Strength is the only way to win with China.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL): “Not surprised #China is trying to go back on changes they had… Read more »
FRENCH HILL: USMCA is Good for Americans
By French Hill in The ADG
In these pages on Feb. 2, 2018, I outlined the importance of the Trump administration's successfully updating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and enhancing the benefits to Arkansans in the form of expanded export sales and growth in jobs.
Just over a year later, President Trump's U.S. Trade… Read more »
Crypto-Friendly US Congress Members Join New Fintech Task Force
Yahoo Finance
05/09/2019
The U.S. House of Representatives is launching a new task force aimed specifically at financial technology – including blockchain.
The new task force, referred to as the FinTech Task Force, was established by the House Financial Services Committee by a voice vote Thursday, and will… Read more »
Hill, Fitzpatrick take aim against foreign opioid traffickers
By The Ripon Advance
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 2 introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act to impose penalties on foreign traffickers of illicit opioids.
“We can’t allow more families to be destroyed by the opioid crisis, which is killing more than 130 Americans every day,” Rep.… Read more »
This week, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on H.R. 9, a bill to prohibit President Trump from pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. Here is why I voted no on this bill:
I recently returned from a meeting in Tokyo where members of Congress and Japanese officials discussed the north Asian security situation, our plans for a… Read more »
Arkansas Achievers
By NW ADG
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., is receiving the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, which is granted to Eagle Scouts who, after 25 years, have distinguished themselves in their life work and who have shared their talents with their communities on a voluntary basis. Hill earned the Eagle Award on March 29, 1972, in Troop 27 of Little Rock, chartered to… Read more »
Lawmakers call for sweeping review of WWI heroism by black soldiers, who may have been unjustly denied the Medal of Honor
By Business Insider
Lawmakers and advocates are calling for a detailed review of the battlefield valor of African-American troops in World War I, saying many were denied the Medal of Honor due to racism.
Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland and Roy Blount,… Read more »
Rep. Hill speaks on state of U.S.
By ADG
U.S. Rep. French Hill summed up Wednesday what he called "The Good and the Bad and the Ugly" of current events.
Addressing the Political Animals Club, the Republican from Little Rock placed the U.S. economy in the "good" category, telling the audience that this country is outperforming the rest of the developed world.
"In Europe we're… Read more »
Rep. Barbara Lee and Bipartisan Group Introduce Legislation to Improve Reentry and Economic Growth by Restoring Pell Grants for Incarcerated Individuals
By Los Angeles Sentinel
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rep. French Hill (R-AR), and Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) introduced landmark legislation to strengthen successful… Read more »
Speakers celebrate state's black colleges during Little Rock gathering
By NW ADG
Historically black colleges and universities continue to have a powerful impact and are of "vital importance" to Arkansas and the nation, United Negro College Fund President Michael Lomax told a Little Rock audience Monday.
Lomax, a former university president and college literature professor, was a… Read more »
