Press Releases

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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.   … Read more »

Click on the picture above to watch Rep. Hill's opening statement and questions from this week's hearing with Fed Chairman Powell. WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) questioned Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 5888, which allows the Secretary of the Treasury to waive counterproductive voting mandates at the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) on a case-by-case basis. “The International Financial Institutions are subject to legislative mandates that dictate which… Read more »