Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement after returning from a Congressional Delegation visit to United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO): “My visit today to the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Cuba was enlightening and confirmed the continued need to hold dangerous agents of terrorism at this facility. During the visit, I assessed GTMO’s facilities and operations, including the status of detainee healthcare, dietary support, detention oversight, a...
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which would immediately cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood while Congress conducts its investigation into the organization...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement after White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the President will veto legislation that would lift the ban on the export of crude oil from the United States: “The President needs to rethink his position on ending the crude oil ban. Growing the American economy through energy exports is a strategy that Republicans—and many Democrats—believe will work. We are experiencing record highs in energy production, including in cr...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 411, Finding that the President has not complied with section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement after the U.S. District Court of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, which was scheduled to go into effect this week: “This Administration has consistently exceeded its authority and ignored input from relevant stakeholders when making crucial decisions affecting the American people and our economy. In the case of the WOTU...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement after Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the formation of the Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Program...
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Last week, Congressman French Hill (AR-2) joined 51 of his colleagues on a letter calling for the resignation of Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. After signing onto the letter, Congressman Hill released the following statement...
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Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 3192, the Homebuyers Assistance Act, which would provide a temporary legal safe harbor for those making a good-faith effort to comply with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new mortgage disclosure rule—the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule—which is set to take effect on October 3, 2015...
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act of 2015. H.R. 1994 gives the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) additional authority to remove any VA employee based on performance or misconduct, increases whistleblower protection, and grants employees a fair review process for any termination. Following passage of the bill, Congressman French Hill released the below statement: “As a former executive in private business, I know firsthan...
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 427, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 (REINS), by a vote of 243-165...
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