WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) yesterday led their Republican colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee in urging Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg to withdraw the partisan proposal released in July, which would rewrite the rules governing brokered deposits.
In their letter, Reps. Hill and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Co-Chairs of the Hostage Task Force in the House, introduced the Countering Wrongful Detention Act, which would create new tools for the U.S. government to deter states from wrongfully detaining Americans abroad and support wrongful detainees upon their return home. U.S. Senator James Risch (R-ID) and… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after his bill, the Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, advanced out of the House Natural Resources Committee this week and is heading to the House Floor. Rep. Hill’s legislation will expand the existing Forest Service land in Flatside Wilderness by 2,215 acres and will complete his work on the final expansion of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Co-Chair of the Hostage Task Force in the House, today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which incorporates Rep. Hill’s language that provides financial relief to Americans wrongfully detained abroad.
“After suffering an unfathomable… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today introduced the American Detainee Transparency and Recovery Act so that members of Congress are properly briefed by the State Department on the status of an American hostage or wrongful detainee.
“Congress must have transparency from the administration on the status of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad. We represent… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today released a set of principles outlining his support for a growing, successful community banking industry. He is requesting comments on these principles by December 31, 2024, which will guide the development of his forthcoming legislative framework going into the 119th Congress. This will build on Rep. Hill’s work to protect community banks… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In anticipation of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today sent a letter to all federal financial regulators calling on each to immediately halt all rulemaking actions.
Rep. Hill elucidates his dismay for their excessive regulatory overreach during the past four years in his letter to the Treasury Department, Federal… Read more »
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Rep. French Hill (R-AR), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) today released the following statement on the release of U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan, who was unjustly detained by the Government of Nigeria since February 2024.
“While long overdue, we are extremely… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (R-AR) today introduced the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act, which is designed to reverse decades of ineffective housing policies and implement targeted reforms to improve access to affordable, quality housing for all Americans. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) recently introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Co-Chairs of the Hostage Task Force in the House, led a letter together to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to develop additional tools to disincentivize wrongful detention, hostage taking, and discourage Americans from traveling to hostile nations.
In their letter, Rep. Hill and… Read more »
