WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. French Hill (AR-02), joined by Arkansas Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, and Reps. Rick Crawford (AR-01), Steve Womack (AR-03), and Bruce Westerman (AR-04) sent a letter to Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the staffing shortages at VA facilities in Arkansas.
“Time and time again, we hear from Veterans across the state… Read more »
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Amity Shlaes, author of “Great Society: A New History,” draw on lessons learned in the 1960s and 1970s, and outline their view that the Federal Reserve can’t slay inflation alone – Congress and the president need to encourage innovation and productivity.
The full op-ed can be read online HERE.
The Fed Alone Can’t… Read more »
The House Foreign Affairs Committee today advanced Rep. French Hill’s (AR-02) H.R. 6265, Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking and Garnering of Narcotics (CAPTAGON) Act. H.R. 6265 requires the federal government to develop an interagency strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the Bashar al-Assad regime in… Read more »
Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting against House Democrats’ assault weapons ban:
“The Second Amendment is clear: ‘the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed upon,” and the Supreme Court has already declared it unconstitutional to restrict access to firearms in ‘common use,’ which is what the Democrats’ bill would do. I abhor… Read more »
The members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have published their twenty-seventh report. It is available for review HERE.
The Commission's twenty-six previous reports are also available for review at the Congressional Oversight Commission’s website HERE.
The Congressional Oversight Commission is a five-person panel that was established by the CARES Act. The Commission… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following the House passage of the partisan CHIPS bill, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement:
“By all accounts, semiconductor companies are highly profitable, growing rapidly, and able to actively compete with China without additional subsidies or new tax credits. We aided all American industries and our competitiveness when we… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Rep. French Hill (AR-02), joined by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02), led a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting that the administration review if Syria meets the criteria of a “major illicit drug producing country” or “major drug-transit country” under the Foreign Assistance Act.
“In addition to its gross… Read more »
Today, Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Ted Deutch (D-FL), co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on American Hostages and Americans Wrongfully Detained Abroad, released the following statement regarding President Biden’s executive order, Bolstering Efforts to Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home:
“We are glad to see the Biden administration tackling… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 in the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 329-101:
“The House-passed NDAA includes several provisions that will have a meaningful impact here in central Arkansas including a 4.6 percent pay increase… Read more »
Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss his bill, H.R. 7209, the Price Stability Act, and his efforts to end the Federal Reserve’s (the Fed’s) dual mandate and direct the Fed to focus solely on fighting inflation.
To watch the interview, click HERE.
Topline Quotes:
“I think the priority for the central bank should be sound money and… Read more »
