Lawmakers demand answers from Mnuchin on Trump tariffs

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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/396705-lawmakers-demand-answers-from-mnuchin-on-trump-tariffs By SYLVAN LANE Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday drew fire from a bipartisan group of House lawmakers concerned with severe economic damage caused by trade battles with China and key U.S. allies. Lawmakers warned Mnuchin that President Trump’s tariffs…

Let our kids be kids

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http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jul/08/let-our-kids-be-kids-20180708/ By French Hill It was encouraging to read Cynthia Howell's recent reporting that 24 elementary schools in the state would participate in an extended recess pilot program for the 2018-19 school year. It is sad that we have to do a pilot program for recess and not have a permanent change. But this is an…

One for the books: History-making librarian of Congress welcomed to Little Rock with reception

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http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jul/08/one-for-the-books-20180708/ By Rachel O'Neal Carla Hayden, the first female and the first black librarian of the Library of Congress, was in Little Rock on July 29 for a tour of the city and a reception. Guests met Hayden at the reception hosted at the Heights home of Martha and U.S. Rep. French Hill. Hayden's mother, Helena-native…

Young Arkansas artists earn spots in gallery linked to U.S. Capitol

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http://http//www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/jul/02/young-arkansas-artists-earn-spots-in-ga-1/ By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- Works by four talented young Arkansas artists are now on display at one of the capital's most popular art galleries, a well-traveled tunnel that links the House Office Buildings to the U.S. Capitol. While not as well-known as the National Gallery of Art or…

Washington news in brief

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http://http//www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/jul/01/ffa-members-pay-visit-to-capitol-hill-a/ By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- A busload of Arkansas FFA members was on Capitol Hill meeting early Thursday morning with all six members of the state's congressional delegation. The youths and the elected representatives called the Hogs on the steps of the Capitol building and posed for…

Top U.S. librarian takes state tour; break barriers, Library of Congress leader encourages

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http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/30/top-u-s-librarian-takes-state-tour-2018-1/ By Jeannie Roberts D.J. Reece, special collections librarian at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, perched on the edge of her chair Friday and anxiously scanned the entrances to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library's event room. She gasped as Librarian of Congress…

Lawmakers & FFA Members Call Hogs On Steps Of United States Capitol

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http://https//5newsonline.com/2018/06/28/lawmakers-ffa-members-call-hogs-on-steps-of-united-states-capitol/ WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFSM) — Lawmakers began their day in Washington, D.C. by calling the Hogs with Arkansas FFA members. Rep. Bruce Westerman, Rep. French Hill, Rep. Rick Crawford, Rep. Steve Womack, Sen. John Boozman and Sen. Tom Cotton joined the FFA members to show Arkansas…

Go biennial on budget, Ryan tells panel co-chaired by Arkansas congressman

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http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/28/go-biennial-on-budget-ryan-urges-201806/?f=news-arkansas By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- To help fix its "failed budget process," Congress should switch from annual to biennial budgeting, House Speaker Paul Ryan told lawmakers Wednesday. "I think biennial budgeting is the smartest way to go, and I think biennial…

Hill’s proposal to protect banks that cooperate with law enforcement passes House

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http://https//riponadvance.com/stories/hills-proposal-protect-banks-cooperate-law-enforcement-passes-house/ Bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a federal or state law enforcement agency received overwhelming U.S. House approval on June 25 with a 379-4…

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