LITTLE ROCK (TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS) -- At a town hall attended by at least 700 individuals Monday, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he told Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier in the day that he supports the state’s plan to carry out multiple executions in April, while U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, also expressed support for the death penalty. Cotton Deputy Press Secretary Dylan Haney said more than 700 seats at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock were set up for the 2 p.m. event, and when th...
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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton faced a combative group of constituents at a town hall on Monday, taking heat from a room of people voicing their frustrations with what has been an eventful start to President Donald Trump’s presidency. The room erupted in boos when Cotton, flanked by Arkansas Rep. French Hill, repeated Trump’s defense that the president will not release his taxes while under IRS audit. “I’m wondering if you’ll take the initiative to have him release those returns so we can see what kin...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill will hold a public meeting Monday afternoon in west Little Rock, and liberal activists say they'll be there to speak out. In addition, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack will be holding public meetings across Northwest Arkansas. This will be Cotton's third such event in less than two months; he spoke to a large crowd in Springdale in February and joined up with U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford in Heber Springs in March for another question-and-answer session. Cotton, a ...
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, announced they will hold a joint town hall in Little Rock next week. The event will take place on April 17 at the Embassy Suites on Financial Center Parkway. The town hall is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and doors open at 1:30 p.m, according to a news release. This event comes after Cotton held a town hall in Springdale back in February. There, he faced approximately 2,000 constituents, some angrily question...
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While side one, Congress Republicans, is busy spreading their message against the current structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, their adversary is busy doing the same. The battle over the future of the bureau has spurred representatives, such as Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to recently pen commentaries for their local publications on the need for the agency to be reined in. But people in support of the CFPB aren’t simply going to sit around quietly. Davi...
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Wall Street pension management companies are protesting a decision by agency officials to preserve a 2016 regulation which supporters say will protect retirees’ savings from self-serving sales managers. On February 3, President Donald Trump directed officials at the Department of Labor to review the regulation “to determine whether it may adversely affect the ability of Americans to gain access to retirement information and financial advice.” advertisement But officials postponed the review unti...
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As the controversy around the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau heightens, more representatives are stepping outside of the beltway to tell their constituents their opinions on the constitutionality of the bureau. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., recently penned a commentary for his local publication, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, on the need for the agency to be reined in. Hill begins by stating, “In Washington, accountability has gone from a focal point of governance to a relative afterthou...
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If the U.S. Senate has its way, a 90-year-old steamboat will soon be able to return to the Mississippi River. Lawmakers voted 85-12 Monday to approve legislation that would exempt the Delta Queen from federal safety regulations that had forced it into retirement. U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both Arkansas Republicans, were co-sponsors of the bill. Boozman said Monday that the vote was "long overdue." "Allowing the iconic Delta Queen to operate again will promote job creation and allow...
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It was a bad idea for the United States to draw a red line in Syria, show it to the world and then fail to take action once the line had been crossed, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark and an Arkansas lawmaker said Friday. "I'm against red lines, drawing red lines in principle. In my experience, in my study of foreign policy, I haven't seen the red lines to be useful when publicly disclosed," Clark said in a telephone interview. At an August 2012 White House news conference, Pres...
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Arkansas’s all-Republican congressional delegation is showing support for President Trump’s air strikes in Syria. U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, in a statement released late Thursday night, said he commends the president for “taking swift, decisive action” against an “outlaw regime.” The state's senior U.S. Senator John Boozman said "Limited, swift and decisive action was required to deter further brutality." Boozman also cautioned against further military action from the executive branch. "Moving for...
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