Press Releases

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 »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-02), Rep. Andy Barr (KY-06), and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler urging the SEC to rescind recent staff guidance on shareholder proposals submitted to publicly traded companies.  Following the SEC’s decision to rescind Staff Legal Bulletins… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 by a bipartisan vote of 363-70. “I was proud to vote in favor of this year’s annual defense bill as it supports our men and women stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base through a 2.7% increase in pay and expanded benefits.… Read more »

Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Chief of Staff Thomas Barthold requesting each provide an updated revenue estimate for Democrats’ proposed IRS surveillance program in their $4 trillion tax-and-spending spree. In the letter, Rep. Hill and Rep. Steil write, “As Congress… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today announced Episcopal Collegiate School student, Neil Sash, as the winner of the winner of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for Arkansas’s Second Congressional District. “I congratulate all participants in this year’s competition, and you should be proud of your hard work. It is always exciting to see where central Arkansas students’… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today issued the following statement after the announcement that First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto would be leaving the International Monetary Fund (IMF) early next year. “I was very disappointed to learn today that Geoffrey Okamoto will be leaving the IMF in the key role of First Deputy Managing Director. His valued Senate and House staff… Read more »