Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the February recipient of the Golden Fleece Award...
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Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3716, the Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and CHIP, by a bipartisan vote of 406-0.
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Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 4620, the Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016, introduced by Congressman French Hill (AR-02). During the markup, Congressman Hill stated: “If the [risk retention rule] is not modified before going into effect, borrowers across the country could experience significant reductions in access to credit, unwarranted increases in borrowing costs, and reduced liquidity, which could impair economic development and job creation in areas t...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced H.R. 4620, the Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016. H.R. 4620 modifies Dodd-Frank’s risk retention requirements for prudently underwritten, low-risk commercial real estate loans, the current Dodd-Frank rules are set to take effect in December 2016. As one of the largest sources of credit for commercial and multifamily real estate in the United States, the commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) market is an important element of the...
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Today, after President Obama announced his repetitive and ill-conceived plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement...
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Today, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen finished her semiannual testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee (Wednesday) and the Senate Banking Committee, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement...
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Today Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay, stopping the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) implementation of the Clean Power Plan: “The president and his Administration were handed a significant defeat by the Court in their unlawful proposal to advance the president’s climate agenda. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan circumvented Congress and ignored concerns about the increased costs for lighting, heating and cooling homes ...
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Today, the House passed nine separate veterans bills. Included in the package of bills is legislation that would address the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) major construction failures...
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The office of Congressman French Hill (AR-02) is looking for summer interns in his Washington, D.C., Little Rock, Arkansas, and Conway, Arkansas, offices. Interns will work in a fast-paced Capitol Hill office, gaining valuable exposure and knowledge of the legislative process and the U.S. Congress. Washington DC Intern Responsibilities Include greeting constituents, answering constituent phone calls, opening and sorting mail, guiding U.S. Capitol building tours, and assisting staff with adminis...
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