Golden Fleece Award

Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) announced the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the November recipient for the Golden Fleece Award for their award of $142 million in bonuses to VA employees and the decision to allow two VA officials that manipulated the agency’s employee relocation program to keep the funds they received from defrauding hardworking taxpayers. This is VA’s… Read more »

Last week, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to alert her that the EPA was October’s recipient of the Golden Fleece Award. Text of the letter can be seen below... Read more »

Rep. Hill made the following statement after awarding September’s Golden Fleece to government unions: “Today’s award highlights the rampant unionization of government workers on the state and federal level that costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year. According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal government spent $157 million and 3.4… Read more »

Second District Cong. French Hill, R-Little Rock, announced his fourth winner of the Golden Fleece award, a “dishonor” he resurrected to bring attention to government waste. Read more »

This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) as the second recipient of the newly reestablished Golden Fleece Award. Read more »