LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced that Acting District Director and Senior District Representative Anushree Jumde has been promoted to District Director. Jumde is a Conway native who received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Central Arkansas and a Master of Public Service and Administration from the Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service. Jumde has served as Senior District Representative for Hill for the past two years, a...
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Today, the House passed H.R. 910, the Fair Access to Investment Research Act, by a vote of 405-2. H.R. 910 was introduced by Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) in February. The bill would address anomalies in securities laws and regulations that discourage broker-dealers from publishing research on exchange traded funds (ETFs) by directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide a safe harbor for research reports that cover ETFs. Over the past th...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling introduced the Financial CHOICE Act: “The Financial CHOICE Act will lead to a healthier, safer, and stronger banking industry by ending the one-size-fits-all regulatory approach of Dodd-Frank that is systematically crippling the ability of community banks to succeed. These relationship-driven, locally focused banks historically have played a primary role in pr...
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Today, House Committee Financial Services Majority Whip Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after President Trump signed executive actions to review the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) regulations: “The great misconception of the Dodd-Frank Act was that it would end the harmful reign of ‘too big to fail.’ Seven years later, we know that it only enshrined ‘too big to fail’ by allowing the government to d...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement on the passing of former Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey: “It is a sad day for our state; Congressman Dickey was a great public servant who made many contributions to Arkansas and our Nation as a whole. I always loved his irrepressible enthusiasm for lower Arkansas, and no one worked harder for his constituents than Jay. We are all fortunate to have had someone with such a strong character be a leader for our state, and Mar...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 9:00 AM CT, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will host a disaster preparation seminar at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Representatives from the Red Cross, National Weather Service, Vilonia Fire Department, Faulkner County Office of Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Human Services, United Methodist Committee on Relief, and Catholic...
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On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 8:00 AM CT at Trapnall Hall, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will award Robert J. Monette of Madison, Alabama, John F. Deslouriers of Galveston, Texas, Leonard B. Shearer of Glendale, Arizona, and Robert A. Frank of Leavenworth, Kansas, each with Silver Stars for their actions in Vietnam. On April 18, 1972, the four men flew their helicopter into enemy territory to rescue the crew of a downed C-130. They were surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army but still compl...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – High School Students in Arkansas’s Second Congressional District wishing to participate in the 2017 Congressional Art Competition need to submit their entries to the office of Congressman French Hill (AR-02) by Monday, May 1, 2017. The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students in the Second Congressional District. The winning artwork from the Second Congressional District’s competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The ...
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Senator Tom Cotton (AR) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) today announced they will hold a town hall event at 2:00 PM CT on Monday, April 17, 2017, at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock. Doors will open for the event at 1:30 PM CT. The following event is open to the press: Who: Congressman French Hill and Senator Tom Cotton What: Town Hall When: 2:00 PM CT to 3:00 PM CT, Monday, April 17, 2017 Where: Embassy Suites, 11301 Financial Centre Pkwy, Little Rock, AR 72211 Members of the media who wi...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the ISIS attacks in Egypt: "Earlier this year, I visited St. Peter and St. Paul’s Coptic Church in Egypt. Just two months prior to my visit, an ISIS jihadist suicide bomber disguised as a woman entered the church and murdered 25 innocent people. Today, Egypt's Coptic Christians again were attacked by ISIS jihadists. These cowardly acts perpetrated by ISIS in the churches of our allies in Egypt can't be overlooked, and...
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