Today, the House passed H.R. 6392, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016. A previous version of the bipartisan bill passed the House Financial Services Committee in November of last year by a vote of 39-16. Under current law, a financial instruction is automatically designated as a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) if it has $50 billion in assets.… Read more »
Today, the House passed H.Amdt. to S.Admt. to H.R. 34, 21st Century Cures Act, by a bipartisan vote of 392-26. The 21st Century Cures Act provides critical funding in a deficit-reducing manner to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and ensures that great research institutions like Little Rock’s University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital… Read more »
Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) wrote to President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence asking them to create a Task Force on Regulatory Relief to address the overly burdensome regulations from federal agencies that are hurting economic and job growth.
Yesterday, President Barack Obama released his semi-annual regulatory agenda, giving insight into what… Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 5711, to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran, by a vote of 243-174. Prior to the vote, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) spoke on the House Floor, urging his colleagues to support… Read more »
Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) submitted the following statement to the Congressional Record after the House passed H.R. 4665, the Outdoor Recreation’s Economic Contributions Act:
“As the Natural State, Arkansas’s outdoor recreation and natural beauty draws millions of visitors each year, contributing to our state’s economy and supporting thousands of… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, Congressman French Hill announced mobile office hours at seven different locations across the Second Congressional District for the week of October 24. The mobile office hours will take place in the following counties: White, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, Faulkner, Perry, and Conway.
Mobile office hours are an opportunity to serve constituents who… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – At 1:00 PM CT on Monday, October 17, 2016, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will speak at the dedication ceremony for the Harold George Bennett Post Office Building in Perryville, Arkansas. The ceremony will take place at Perryville High School, 614 South Fourche Ave., Perryville, AR 72126
In June of 2015, Congressman Hill and Senator John Boozman (AR)… Read more »
Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure is unconstitutional:
“I have said the CFPB is the single most powerful and least accountable agency in Washington—with a director that can only be fired for “inefficiency, neglect of duty,… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will host his second Veterans History Project Workshop at 1501 N University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72207 at 9:00 AM CT on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The Library of Congress launched the Veterans History Project in 2000 to collect the stories of America’s veterans.
The workshop will train volunteers to interview veterans and… Read more »
Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and 85 other House Republicans wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker urging her to reconsider the administration’s decision to relinquish America’s authority in promoting free speech and open discourse on the Internet.
The Department of Commerce recently issued an assurance that the United States will not lose control… Read more »
