Hill Backs Bipartisan Large-Scale Coronavirus Response Legislation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) voted to provide additional support for Americans who are weathering the economic impacts of COVID-19. Last week, Congress allocated $8.3 billion in health funding toward combating the coronavirus.  “In the face of this public health emergency, our nation and leaders must join together. I applaud Democrats and Republicans for…

Hill Update on COVID-19

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement related to COVID-19: “With the recently reported case of COVID-19 in our community, I want to assure Arkansans that my office and I stand at the ready to assist. I take the health of Arkansans very seriously and have been actively communicating with the Arkansas Department of Health, the…

Hill Announces Mobile Office Hours

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) announced mobile office hours in the following Second Congressional District cities: Little Rock, Jacksonville, Morrilton, Hot Springs Village, Perryville, Fairfield Bay, Greenbrier, Searcy, and Benton. After the announcement, Rep. Hill stated: “As your representative in Congress, being accessible to all of my…

Hill Leads First Counter-Trafficking Initiative Hearing

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, helped lead a hearing entitled, “The Traffickers’ Roadmap: How Bad Actors Exploit Financial Systems to Facilitate the Illicit Trade in People, Animals, Drugs, and Weapons.” This hearing is the first in a…

Hill and Lawson Introduce Anti-Corruption to Audit Iranian Leaders

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Representatives French Hill (R-AR) and Al Lawson (D-FL) introduced H.R. 6081, the Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act. The legislation would make public the funds obtained in an illegal or corrupt manner held by Iran’s authoritarian theocratic regime. In addition, it would require the Department of Treasury to brief Congress on how the funds have been…

Hill Votes "YES" on Emergency Coronavirus Funding

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing an emergency funding package which provides $7.8 billion to protect the American public from COVID-19.   “The health and safety of Arkansans and the American people come first. I am pleased that we put aside politics to provide our federal agencies…

Hill's Bill Increasing Scrutiny of China Passes House

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, in a vote of 356 - 0, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5932, Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act introduced by Rep. French Hill (AR-02). H.R. 5932 would require the United States to seek greater transparency from countries that obtain funding from both the Chinese government and the international financial institutions…

Rep. Hill Urges Arkansas Governor to Support Local HBCUs

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Representative French Hill (AR-02) sent a letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson asking him to advance state support of Arkansas’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU): Arkansas Baptist College, Philander Smith College, Shorter College, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. This follows President Trump’s signing an Executive…

Hill, Womack Join Call for Assurances and Transparency on Taliban Deal

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) joined Congresswoman Liz Cheney (WY-At-Large) and 19 other members in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper urging the prioritization of American security as the United States pursues a peace agreement with the Taliban. Congressman Hill and…

ICYMI: Hill Reacts to Fed Chair Testimony on Yahoo Finance

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WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) joined Julie Hyman and Adam Shapiro on Yahoo Finance's On The Move to discuss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services. Click HERE or on the image below to watch the full interview with Congressman Hill on Yahoo Finance.   …

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