Press Releases

RELEASE: REP. HILL STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF CBDC REPORT Washington, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today released the following statement after the Federal Reserve Board of Governors released its long-anticipated paper on a potential U.S. central bank digital currency, or CBDC: “While I am pleased to read the Federal Reserve’s new report, I am disappointed it was released months… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after a German court found a former Syrian officer guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in torturing detainees at a jail near Damascus, Syria. “Yesterday's verdict confirms the decade-long mass murder of Syria's innocent civilians, led by the butcher of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad. This is only the first step in a long road… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting against House Democrats’ latest scheme for a federal takeover of elections. “Today’s vote was another Democrat attempt to transfer election authority from the states to an unelected ‘Election Czar’ in Washington, DC, and worse, with their far-left agenda on the ropes, they resorted to fancy legislative tricks dreamed… Read more »

RELEASE: Rep. Hill Statement on the Release of Coptic Rights Activist Ramy Kamel Washington, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today issued the following statement regarding the release of Coptic rights activist and researcher, Ramy Kamel: “The release of Ramy Kamel is welcome, but long overdue. Kamel, a Coptic activist and researcher, was unjustifiably detained and imprisoned in Egypt… Read more »

In an op-ed in The Washington Times, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) outlined his concerns with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s escalating aggression toward Ukraine and urged President Biden to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The full op-ed is transcribed and can be viewed HERE. America’s Russian aggression problem By: Rep. French Hill A decade ago, the future of… Read more »

The members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have published their twentieth report. It is available for review HERE. The Commission's nineteen 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 is focused… Read more »

RELEASE: HILL & BOOZMAN ANNOUNCE $3 MILLION GRANT TO LITTLE ROCK PORT AUTHORITY Little Rock, AR – Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02), along with Senator John Boozman (R-AR), announced the Little Rock Port Authority as the recipient of a U.S. Department of Transportation Port Infrastructure Development Program grant funded by Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations. This grant, totaling over $3… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion.   “Inflation has reached a nearly 40-year high and Arkansans continue to pay more for food, gasoline, and utilities but Democrats want to spend trillions more to enact their agenda. Their solution to an unprecedented amount of spending… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02) yesterday introduced the bipartisan Countering Assad’s Proliferation, Trafficking, and Garnering of Narcotics (CAPTAGON) Act (H.R. 6265). It would require 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… Read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY: REP. HILL TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE THURSDAY LITTLE ROCK, AR – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 10:00 AM CT, Rep. French Hill (AR-02), will hold a press conference to discuss his bill, H.R. 6080, the Ronald A. Robinson Post Office Act.  Ronald Robinson, of Arkansas, served on the United States Postal Service Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee for 15 years.… Read more »