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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 »

Greenbrier veteran gets replacement Army medals By Jeanette Anderton Congressman French Hill presented a local Army veteran with two replacement medals on Purple Heart Day during the Conway Lions Club meeting. Joseph Gilliam of Greenbrier was accompanied by his wife of 49 years, Jane, as he received a Purple Heart Medal and a Bronze Star Medal. “Toady we are presenting… Read more »

U.S. Rep. French Hill Takes NFIB's Small Business Challenge in Greenbrier By NFIB U.S. Rep. French Hill (2nd District) visited Viper Industrial Products in Greenbrier on Aug. 2 to take the NFIB Small Business Challenge. The Small Business Challenge is a national campaign that invites lawmakers to spend a day “on the job” at a small business in their community and allows them to… Read more »

Conway veteran honored with medals By Eden Corley Conway veteran Guy “Buddy” Carr received replacement medals he’d earned during his service in Korea. Congressman French Hill awarded Carr the medals during a ceremony held at Brookdale Senior Living on Friday. “We love celebrating [our veterans’s] service and one of the nicest, most touching ways to do that is to reunite a… Read more »

3 Arkansas leaders to work on farm bill By Frank Lockwood Hill honors veteran, retiring professor U.S. Rep. French Hill has returned to central Arkansas for the August recess. But before heading out of Washington, he paid tribute to two of his constituents on the House floor. In one speech, he congratulated R.D. Kinsey "on becoming the first African-American to be elected as… Read more »

Congress on Crypto: Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? By Spectator On July 18, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services conducted its second hearing on digital currencies with an almost exclusive focus on cryptocurrency. Chairman Andy Barr (R-KY) focused the committee on two questions: 1) Are digital currencies going to have only a niche appeal or will they fundamentally change… Read more »

U.S. International Religious Freedom praises religious freedom in Egypt By Egypt Today CAIRO - 30 July 2018: The head and the members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) praised the tangible efforts exerted by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in preserving religious freedom in Egypt, according to Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights and… Read more »

Washington news in brief: Griffin graduates from war college; Cotton voices Iran ire, Israel support; Hill berates Indian Education Bureau By Frank E. Lockwood U.S. Rep. French Hill has given his latest Golden Fleece Award to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education, alleging that it failed to fix problems at a New Mexico school despite receiving $7.5 million… Read more »

Protecting Elections (July 28th) By ADG The Washington Post article about election security funding that your newspaper republished on July 20 was misleading at best. The article said House Republicans approved a spending bill “exclude[ing] new money for election security,” but the author didn’t provide an explanation of the mechanics of the vote or state as fact that the House… Read more »

Rep. French Hill Is Optimistic About Business Climate By Chron  "VIDEO" The economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest GDP data. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) explains on Cheddar how the growth will shape midterm elections and what he thinks of the current job market. / Cheddar TV  Read more »