Press Releases

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today held a press conference announcing plans to introduce the Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives Act, a bill that will create a grant program that allows states and localities to conduct research on the opioid crisis, create a strategic plan on their response to the opioid crisis, and implement co-prescribing in their jurisdiction. Rep. Hill was joined… Read more »

On Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at 3:00 PM CT, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) will hold a press conference to discuss plans to introduce forthcoming legislation.   Rep. Hill will be joined by Kirk Lane, Arkansas Drug Director; Paula Cunningham, Executive Director, Parker Gill Foundation; and Teresa Belew, Director of Corporate Affairs, Speakup About Drugs. Rep. Hill will announce plans… Read more »

The members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have published their sixteenth report. It is available for review here. The Commission's fifteen previous reports are also available for review at the Congressional Oversight Commission’s website. The Congressional Oversight Commission is a five-person panel that was established by the CARES Act. The Commission is focused… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance on the Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court blocked the Biden Administration’s eviction moratorium.   “The Biden Administration knew that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) unilateral extension of the… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement on the bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan: “The attacks outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul were cowardly and heinous and I pray for families of the service members who tragically lost their lives and those injured. “I left a bipartisan, classified briefing in April skeptical of the Biden Administration’s plan, and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting against the rule paving the way for Democrats’ latest tax and spending spree. “Speaker Pelosi knew she didn’t have the votes to hold a standalone vote on Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution filled with far-left, progressive priorities, so she resorted to inside the beltway tactics and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 4, Democrats’ latest federal power grab over state-administered elections.   “I support voting rights and I always have, and Congress had an opportunity to address voting rights in a bipartisan way, but Speaker Pelosi’s top-down, go-at-it-alone approach to governing resulted in yet… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today announced that Jae Jang has joined his staff to serve as Policy Advisor.  He will be responsible for matters relating to financial services, tax, trade, and economics. “Jae brings extensive private sector experience from financial services to Congress, and I am excited to welcome him to our team,” said Hill. “He will play an… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) led a letter, co-signed by 17 Republican members of Congress on the Financial Services Committee, to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her to intervene at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure that no allocated Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are made available to a Taliban-led Afghanistan. In the letter, Rep.… Read more »

Rep. French Hill Statement on Deteriorating Situation in Afghanistan LITTLE ROCK, AR –  Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement as tensions in Afghanistan rise with the Taliban seizing control of cities across the region after President Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.  “I am deeply troubled by the threat to America and her allies that President… Read more »