Health Care

LETTER: EMS facing financial burdens because of COVID 7/22/2020 Finger Lakes Times To the Editor: U.S. House Representatives Cindy Axne (D-IA), French Hill (R-AR), and John Larson (D-CT) are requesting for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to provide emergency medical services (EMS) with reimbursement for treatment in place (TIP) and telehealth facilitations. The… Read more »

Addressing the other COVID crisis: Corruption 7/22/2020 Brookings The need for oversight of Trump administration coronavirus spending has reached an inflection point.[1] Over the past few weeks, there have been reports that 27 clients of Trump-connected lobbyists have received up to $10.5 billion of that spending;[2] that beneficiaries have also included multiple entities… Read more »

Conway, Ark. — Yesterday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) at the governor’s daily update about COVID-19. At the press conference, Rep. Hill urged central Arkansans to wear a mask and talked about his legislation, the SAVE Act, which ensures that the United States would have a reliable and necessary source of medical supplies during a future… Read more »

State confirms 794 more cases of coronavirus 7/15/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette After two days of smaller increases, Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases on Tuesday climbed by 794, the fourth-highest single-day rise so far. Meanwhile, in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, all six members of the state's congressional delegation joined Gov. Asa Hutchinson in calling on the… Read more »

Arkansas congressional delegation requests White House action to ensure testing reagent supply 07/14/2020 KNWA LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ congressional delegation sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Monday, requesting the White House Coronavirus Task Force take action to ensure the state has adequate testing reagent supply. The letter, made public by… Read more »

Dunford signals he won’t chair coronavirus panel in latest blow to new oversight body 7/14/2020 The Washington Post Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph F. Dunford Jr. has removed himself from consideration to chair the Congressional Oversight Commission, a key mechanism created by Congress in March that is supposed to scrutinize coronavirus spending, three… Read more »

Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence requesting that the White House Coronavirus Task Force take action to ensure an adequate supply of reagents for testing, particularly as the COVID-19 infection rate is beginning to rise in… Read more »

William Barr meets the press at Governor’s Mansion 7/9/2020 Arkansas Times Governor Hutchinson brought Attorney General William Barr out for exposure to media along with Rep. French Hill and Sen. Tom Cotton following what he called a “working lunch” at the Governor’s Mansion. Hutchinson said he’d asked Barr to pass along his interest in Donald… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — Today, Rep. French Hill issued the following statement after Arkansas Governor Hutchinson announced that Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Nate Smith has accepted a position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): “Dr. Nate Smith has been an invaluable asset to the people of Arkansas. His selection to serve at the CDC affirms what we already… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — The members of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission released the following statement this afternoon:  “As members of the Congressional Oversight Commission, we have begun to review actions taken by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to implement certain CARES Act lending activities to help support and stabilize the economy. The… Read more »