Press Releases

WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02), introduced H.R. 758, the Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act, which provides protections for financial institutions against regulatory agency backlash due to cooperation with a federal or state law enforcement agency.… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the president and Congressional leaders announced an agreement to reopen the government and continue negotiations on securing the southwest border: "Today, the president took an important step towards ending the government shutdown that has affected families in Arkansas and across… Read more »

 Click on the picture above to watch Rep. Hill's remarks before leading the House in a reading of the U.S. Constitution. WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) led the House of Representatives in reading the full text of the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Hill was joined by 16… Read more »

Click on the picture above to watch Rep. Hill's remarks from the House floor today. WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) penned the following op-ed for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, calling on the Arkansas General Assembly to enhance federally designated Opportunity Zones by enacting legislation that would create state tax incentives for investment. This legislation would compliment the powerful federal incentives created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act… Read more »

Click on the picture above to watch Rep. Hill's remarks today from the House floor in support of religious freedom for Coptic Christians in Egypt.  WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, on Religious Freedom Day, Congressman French Hill (R-AR) introduced a resolution, H.Res.49, expressing support for Coptic Christians and religious… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after his legislation to enhance Arkansas’s wilderness area, the Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act, was signed into law:  “I’m pleased that my bill to enhance one of Arkansas’s most unspoiled landscapes, Flatside Wilderness, has been signed into law. Arkansans and visitors now have the… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) spoke on the House floor to decry the partisanship that has taken hold of our nation and remind people of the great friendship between former Speaker of the House Nick Longworth and Minority Leader John Garner.  … Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C.– Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement in response to the president’s oval office address on securing the southwest U.S. border: “Whether or not Democrats want to acknowledge the facts, the reality is that we have an unsustainable security crisis at our southwest border. I've visited the border numerous times and seen with my own eyes the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced that Steven D. Smith recently joined his staff to serve as his new Communications Director. Smith, a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a Cincinnati, Ohio native, began working on Capitol Hill in 2011. He most recently served as Communications Director for immediate past House Foreign Affairs… Read more »