Hill’s bill protects banks working with law enforcement during criminal investigations
By The Ripon Advance
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Jan. 24 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a federal or state law enforcement agency, according to the congressional record summary.
The… Read more »
Border fix next, members of Arkansas congressional delegation say; shutdown’s end seen as 'promising step'
By The ADG
WASHINGTON -- The end of the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history is welcome news, members of the Arkansas congressional delegation said Friday.
In written statements, the all-Republican delegation stressed the importance of securing the nation's… Read more »
HILL INTRODUCES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT
By Coptic Solidarity
Today, on Religious Freedom Day, Congressman French Hill (R-AR) introduced a resolution, H.Res.49, expressing support for Coptic Christians and religious liberty in Egypt:
“Egypt and the United States are important partners in the fight against terrorism. However, we must… Read more »
Hill Issues First Golden Fleece of 2019
By Insurance News Net
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 --
Rep. French Hill
, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release:
Congressman French Hill
(R-AR) named the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as the latest winner of the Golden Fleece Award for accepting inflated bids for the management of Medicare Part D plans, resulting in roughly… Read more »
French Hill: Seize Opportunity
By French Hill
Just over a year ago, the pro-growth Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was signed into law. In addition to the tax cuts that benefited both families and small businesses in Arkansas, the legislation also established qualified Opportunity Zones.
These zones are designed to attract companies and businesses to invest in economically distressed… Read more »
House, state delegation condemn King's words; Arkansas congressman calls them 'ignorant and indefensible'
By The ADG
WASHINGTON -- One day after U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was stripped of his committee assignments by Republican leadership, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday rejecting white supremacy and white nationalism.
The vote was… Read more »
U.S. indicts Russian lawyer in tax-fraud case
By The ADG
NEW YORK -- The Russian lawyer who attended the Trump Tower meeting that is a focus of the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion was charged with obstructing an unrelated tax-fraud case, federal prosecutors in New York said Tuesday.
Natalya Veselnitskaya was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice… Read more »
Hill legislation to expand Arkansas national forest presented to president
By The Ripon Advance
U.S. Rep. French Hill’s (R-AR) Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
Rep. Hill on April 26, 2018 sponsored H.R. 5636 to expand the Flatside Wilderness on the Ouachita National Forest in his home state.
“I’m pleased that… Read more »
Rep. French Hill: In defense of Egypt's Coptic Christians
By Rep. French Hill
In 2017, I took up the mantle in support of Egypt’s Coptic Christian population.
In America, we are blessed to freely worship and live out our respective faith, but that’s not the case for many around the globe, and it’s especially not the case for Coptic Christians in Egypt. I’ve witnessed this… Read more »
Hill, Westerman get new D.C. office digs; both moving on up to loftier spaces
By Frank Lockwood
With more than 50 House members retiring and dozens of others evicted by voters, the scramble is on for prime office space on Capitol Hill.
In the three House office buildings this month, the hallways are a jumble of boxes and upturned furniture.
Movers have been working… Read more »
