Press Releases

Little Rock, Ark. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) announced the winners of the Congressional Art Competition for central Arkansas. This year, Rep. Hill’s office received 51 submissions from high school students in Pulaski, Saline, White, Faulkner, Van Buren, Conway, and Perry counties.  “Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Congressional Art Competition – a… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined Alex Christoforous and Kristin Myers of Yahoo Finance to discuss the Biden Administration’s plans to support an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion. The IMF plans to allocate $650 billion through a general SDR allocation. Congressman Hill has expressed his opposition to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led a bicameral letter to President Biden on the pressing need for a nominee to the position of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The Members also emphasized the importance of America remaining a world leader in defending and promoting religious liberty for all people of any faith,… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today issued the following statement outlining his ongoing concerns with Treasury’s $700 million loan to Yellow, formally known as YRC, after the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission (COC) published their twelfth report: “The $700 million taxpayer backed loan Treasury made to Yellow, formerly YRC, was a mistake.  Based on the oversight work… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — The members of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission have published their twelfth report. It is available for review here. The Commission's eleven 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… Read more »

Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden’s address to Congress: “While President Biden preaches bipartisanship, the administration along with House and Senate Democrats have done little to put that into practice. From an excessive $1.9 trillion partisan and untargeted spending bill to the administration’s all-of-the-above ‘infrastructure’ vision,… Read more »

Matching Words and Actions on Religious Freedom in Egypt By USCIRF Commissioner James W. Carr and Congressman French Hill In July 2018, Abdo Adel, a Christian resident of the village of Minbal in Egypt’s Minya governorate—described by his friends as a “simple man” who loved baking qurban (sacramental bread) for the local Coptic Orthodox church—posted on Facebook a vague… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2021 Annual Report yesterday: "I was pleased to see that within the 2021 Annual Report, 388 Coptic Churches and church-related properties were approved for registration in Egypt. As a longtime advocate for… Read more »

ICYMI: What I learned about Biden's border crisis in the Rio Grande Valley Washington Examiner WASHINGTON – Following Rep. French Hill's (AR-02) seventh trip to the southwest border, Congressman Hill penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner about his experience at the border earlier this month. The full op-ed is transcribed below or can be viewed HERE. This month, I… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) introduced the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Revenue Adjustment Calculation to Increase Capital Accessibility Long-term Act, or the PRACTICAL Act. The PRACTICAL Act amends current law to allow small businesses that are eligible for the second-draw PPP to calculate their revenue based off a… Read more »