Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after receiving a letter from Preserve Arkansas with support on Congressional action to address back logs in National Parks: “Recently, I was on Ray Tucker and Bryan Hendricks’ Arkansas Outdoors radio show. We discussed greater support of wildlife conservation and efforts to meet the demands of maintenance back… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02), issued the following statement after the president signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, a comprehensive bill to fight the opioid epidemic, into law: “We’ve been working hard to combat the current prescription drug and opioid crisis. Today marks successful progress with the president signing into law this comprehensive… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the administration formally notified Congress of its plan to enter into trade negotiations with the United Kingdom consistent with Congressional priorities. “I’m pleased to hear the good news that the United States and the United Kingdom will be entering trade negotiations. We are the first and fifth… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the president awarded United States Marine Corps Sergeant Major John L. Canley from Caledonia, Arkansas, with the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in 1968 during the Vietnam War. “Sergeant Major Canley didn’t run away from danger, but towards it. Though wounded, he put himself directly in the line… Read more »

Little Rock, Arkansas - Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the passing of Arkansas’s ‘Hidden Figure’, Raye Montague.  Montague was a civilian engineer who worked for the U.S. Navy, changing how U.S. Navy ships were made and used after learning to use an IBM computer on her own. She received the third highest Navy recognition… Read more »

WASHINGTON - The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA), the leading association of lower middle market private equity funds and investors, today recognized Congressman French Hill (AR-02) for his support of small business investment and presented him with SBIA’s Champion of Small Business Investing Award. Hill is among a group of select Members of Congress being honored by SBIA for… Read more »

Little Rock, Arkansas - Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced that Chelsea Perry has joined his office in Conway. Chelsea, a native of Powder Springs, Georgia, is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force with a deployment to Qatar in 2014. She will serve as Rep. Hill’s District Representative for Military and Veterans Affairs. Chelsea was born in Kailua, Hawaii, and joined the Air… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) sent a letter to the National Park Service advocating for long-term health, preservation, and upkeep of the Buffalo National River: “Algae growth has plagued our nation’s first national river and one of Arkansas’s most prized rivers, Arkansas’s Buffalo National River,” said Hill. “Not only is the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after reports that Canada agreed to sign onto a trade deal between the United States and Mexico to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): "I was pleased to see that negotiators from the United States, Mexico, and Canada have successfully concluded a three-country effort to update and reform the 1992… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting a second comprehensive tax reform bill that will help to spur small business growth, provide financial security to families, and assist entrepreneurs with startup costs and capital: “Tax reform has meant real, tangible change for hardworking Arkansans and Americans. A renewed business optimism… Read more »