Health Care

Coronavirus stimulus bill's most important aspect is liquidity: Rep. French Hill Yahoo Finance 3/26/2020 Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., says American businesses are in desperate need of liquidity so they can function properly again. Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to ensure that states can protect COVID-19 patients from losing insurance coverage due to missed premium payments. This guidance follows a letter sent by Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), and Rep. Bruce… Read more »

Balance of Power: Rep. French Hill, COVID-19, Hotels (Podcast) Bloomberg Radio 03/21/2020 Balance of Power with David Westin focuses on the politics and policies being shaped by the agenda of President Trump’s administration. Running time 42:35 Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — Yesterday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) introduced HR. 6306, the Immediate Funds Availability Act in response to the COVID-19 outbreak across the United States. This legislation would increase the amount of funds that bank customers are able to receive and would require them to be made available immediately. Under current law, banks are required to provide only $200… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep.French Hill (AR-02) joined Shaun Kraisman and Alison Maloni on Newsmax's American Agenda to discuss the ongoing public health COVID-19 crisis. Rep. Hill covered Congress's plan for an economic defense package, the importance for Americans to remain calm, and how Arkansas is handing their COVID-19… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — Yesterday, Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Rep. French Hill (R-AR) wrote to the Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral (ADM) Brett Giror, requesting timely delivery of COVID-19 testing kits to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) voted to provide additional support for Americans who are weathering the economic impacts of COVID-19. Last week, Congress allocated $8.3 billion in health funding toward combating the coronavirus.  “In the face of this public health emergency, our nation and leaders must join together. I applaud Democrats and Republicans for… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement related to COVID-19: “With the recently reported case of COVID-19 in our community, I want to assure Arkansans that my office and I stand at the ready to assist. I take the health of Arkansans very seriously and have been actively communicating with the Arkansas Department of Health, the… Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing an emergency funding package which provides $7.8 billion to protect the American public from COVID-19.   “The health and safety of Arkansans and the American people come first. I am pleased that we put aside politics to provide our federal agencies… Read more »

U.S. House passes bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus, Arkansas congressmen vote ‘yes’ 3/4/2020 KARK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House passed an $8.3 billion measure Wednesday to battle the coronavirus outbreak that’s spreading rapidly and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions to everyday life in the U.S. The swift and sweeping… Read more »