Press Releases

Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Ranking Member of the Housing, Community Development, and Insurance Subcommittee on the House Financial Services Committee, and House Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (NC-10) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) requesting H.R. 8036, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Extension Act of 2022, be brought to the… Read more »

Little Rock, AR – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement today, following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II: “I am saddened to learn about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over the United Kingdom and her territories for over 70 years. The Queen worked diligently to advocate on behalf of the United Kingdom on the international stage and serve the English… Read more »

The members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have published their twenty-eighth report. It is available for review HERE. The Commission's twenty-seven 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… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, AR – On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 8:00 AM CT, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) will be speaking at the 2022 VenCent FinTech Summit opening ceremony.   Rep. Hill will be joined by Wayne Miller, Executive Director of the Venture Center, and James Hendren, Co-Founder and Board Member of the Venture Center, during the Wednesday morning’s opening ceremony.   Rep. Hill… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting against Democrats’ latest tax-and-spending spree, the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” “Arkansans face 40-year highs in inflation and are struggling to put food on the table, fill up their gas tanks, and cool their homes because of the Biden Administration’s economic illiteracy. And Democrats’ solution? Doubling… Read more »

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 »