Accountability

Senate Clears Defense-Policy Bill, With a View Toward Punishing Syria 12/17/2019 The Wall Street Journal The Senate approved a defense-policy bill that includes provisions intended to hold Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime responsible for crimes against civilians through new punitive measures. The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which the… Read more »

Congress Authorizes Sanctions On Syria, Iran And Russia 12/17/2019 NPR In a bipartisan vote, Senate lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $738 billion Pentagon budget, which includes an authorization for punishing new sanctions on Syria, Iran and Russia for alleged war crimes in Syria. The 86-6 vote in the GOP-dominated Senate followed a similar bipartisan vote in the… Read more »

Pentagon budget would hit Syria, Iran, Russia with tough sanctions 12/17/2019 Fox News The $738 billion Pentagon budget passed by Senate lawmakers Tuesday includes tough new sanctions on Syria, Iran and Russia for their alleged war crimes committed during Syria’s nearly decadelong civil war. The Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act of 2019, passed by the GOP-majority Senate… Read more »

Pro-impeachment rally takes place outside office of U.S. Rep. French Hill 12/17/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Activists lined University Avenue outside the Little Rock offices of Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill on Tuesday evening, urging him to change his mind and support the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The protesters, which were estimated to be between 200-300,… Read more »

Little Rock activist groups demand President Trump be impeached and removed from office 12/17/2019 Fox16 LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-On Tuesday, hundreds of people stood outside Congressman French Hill’s office on University Avenue demanding that President Trump be impeached and removed from office. Several groups including Indivisible Little Rock of Central Arkansas, Grassroots Arkansas… Read more »

Minority veterans of World War I to be considered for Medals of Honor 12/13/2019 Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Minority World War I veterans whose actions during the war were overlooked because of their race or religion could have their service records reviewed to determine whether some of them deserve the Medal of Honor. The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, if it is… Read more »

'Widow's tax' provision in bill OK'd by House 12/12/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette WASHINGTON -- The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed in the House of Representatives 377-48 Wednesday, contains good news for thousands of military widows in Arkansas and across the country. The bill gradually repeals a longstanding federal law that had prevented tens of thousands of… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (R-AR), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) announced that the World War I Valor Medals Review Act had been included in the House and Senate-negotiated Conference Report for the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bipartisan, bicameral… Read more »

Trump faces 2 impeachment articles; charges allege abuse of power, obstruction 12/11/2019 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders Tuesday formally called for President Donald Trump's removal from office in two articles of impeachment that charged him with abusing his power and obstructing Congress, asserting that he "ignored and injured the interests of the… Read more »

Hill’s bipartisan Syrian sanctions bill included in NDAA 12/11/2019 The Ripon Advance U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) recently applauded the inclusion of a bipartisan bill he supports that would impose new sanctions on Syrian human rights abusers in larger legislation to authorize U.S. military appropriations. The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, H.R. 31, which Rep. Hill… Read more »