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Congressmen Tap into Spa City's Success to Relieve National Parks' Maintenance Backlog By Jessi Turnure The cost of projects to spruce up national parks across the country has grown to $12 billion. The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, along with Congressman French Hill, R-Arkansas, traveled from the nation's capitol to Arkansas' spa city for the first time to hear from… Read more »

Hill’s audit relief bill for small broker-dealers passes House committee By  Ripon Advance News  Bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to give regulatory relief to small investment broker-dealers on Sept. 13 passed the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. “I am pleased the Financial Services Committee advanced my bill to provide relief to… Read more »

Washington news in brief By Frank Lockwood  Black universities’ event hosts LR’s Hill U.S. Rep. French Hill spoke last week at the second annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Braintrust luncheon. The Republican from Little Rock serves as vice co-chairman of the HBCU Caucus. The 2nd Congressional District, which Hill represents, has three historically… Read more »

French Hill recalls McCain as 'a good friend' By Frank Lockwood U.S. Rep. French Hill paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. John McCain on Thursday evening on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Republican from Little Rock called McCain "a good friend" and "a loyal member of the House of Representatives and the Senate." The Republican from Arizona, who died Aug. 25 at… Read more »

John McCain’s Cellmate: No More ‘Hell on Earth’ By Alex Gangitano Retiring Rep. Sam Johnson saluted his fellow former prisoner of war, Sen. John McCain, on the House floor Thursday night. “John was more than just a colleague in Congress. We were friends, and that friendship was forged in the infamous Hanoi Hiton,” Johnson said. The two shared a cell. “I could testify to… Read more »

OPINION: Egypt’s Coptic Christians are in trouble By  Henry Srebrnik  The Copts of Egypt are over 10 million strong and have lived in the country as Christians for two millennia. Discriminatory state policies and political violence have historically marginalized Copts. There have been widespread attacks on Coptic churches and institutions in Egypt. All this… Read more »

Business news in brief By Noel Oman New navigation-aid site options revealed The Federal Aviation Administration has identified two potential sites to relocate a ground-based navigation aid for aircraft that is blocking the development of Port Authority of Little Rock property.   Bryan Day, the port authority's executive director, said the properties meet FAA guidelines to… Read more »

U.S., Mexico urge Canada to join pact By Arkansas Democratic Gazette President Donald Trump said the U.S. is pursuing a new trade accord with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement and called on Canada to join the deal soon or risk being left out. Trump announced the agreement with Mexico in a hastily arranged Oval Office event Monday with Mexican President… Read more »

Hill visits Conductor By Log Cabin Democrat On Monday, the Conductor hosted U.S. Congressman French Hill in Conway, and facilitated events to connect him with startup and scale-up companies in the region. Hill led a roundtable discussion with a number of the area’s emerging businesses focused on entrepreneurial policy, workforce development, access to capital and the benefits… Read more »

President Trump Signs $716B Defense Bill By Fox 16 News FORT DRUM, N.Y. - The President and Vice President both traveled to Fort Drum in upstate New York on Monday to sign the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).   The NDAA is named in honor of Senate Armed Services committee chairman, longtime Republican US Senator, veteran war hero, and former… Read more »