WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after voting against House passage of H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “Since I’ve been in Congress, the NDAA has been considered in committee and on the House floor in a bipartisan fashion. It’s been signed into law for 57 straight years, and House Democratic leaders have put that bipartisan legacy at risk with this deeply flawed bill. The Senate passed their version of the NDAA b...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the House passed the Senate’s bipartisan bill to provide humanitarian assistance to children and families on the southwest border: “Yesterday, 84 of the 100 U.S. Senators put aside partisan differences to pass a bill that will provide emergency assistance to children and families suffering on our southwest border–a bill that the president has said he will sign. This is what bipartisan leadership in th...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) took to the House floor to speak out against H.R. 6, partisan legislation that would provide blanket amnesty to an estimated 3 million people, while including no enforcement or border security resources. Click on the video above to watch Congressman Hill's remarks from the House floor on Tuesday. The transcript of his remarks is copied below. "It's sad that I rise today in opposition to H.R. 6. It brings me no pleasure, for I support...
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Trump immigration plan stresses merit over family ties; Arkansas congressman calls it opportunity to restart negotiations By ADG WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump unveiled a new immigration plan Thursday to move U.S. immigration toward a "merit-based system" that prioritizes high-skilled workers over those with relatives already in the country. The plan, which does not address the fate of young people who were brought to the U.S. as children and are now in the country illegally, has been gree...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Week, the Washington Examiner published Congressman French Hill’s (AR-02) op-ed highlighting the difficult, yet necessary steps the United States must take to end the ongoing civil war in Syria. Congressman Hill argues that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is waging a modern-day holocaust on his own citizens. This instability in Syria directly impacts America’s interests because it strengthens the influence of ISIS and Iran in the region. While there are only difficult opt...
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FRENCH HILL: A sidelined America limits already difficult options in Syria By French Hill in Washington Examiner Earlier this month, while President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent an hour on the phone discussing North Korea aggressions and the conflict in Venezuela, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and his Russian allies were barrel-bombing civilians in the Syrian province of Idlib. It would be hard to find a starker example of an adrift U.S. policy on the conflict in Syria. Eight ...
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Hill, Fitzpatrick take aim against foreign opioid traffickers By The Ripon Advance U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 2 introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act to impose penalties on foreign traffickers of illicit opioids. “We can’t allow more families to be destroyed by the opioid crisis, which is killing more than 130 Americans every day,” Rep. Hill said last week. “Targeting the source of the world’s largest producers and distributors of fentanyl will b...
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WASHINGTON D.C. — In light of the dramatic rise in devastating fentanyl overdose deaths, Congressmen French Hill (R-Ark.), Max Rose (D-N.Y.), Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act—the first-ever fentanyl sanctions effort in the House of Representatives—that would apply pressure on the Chinese government to honor their commitment to make all fentanyl illegal and provide the United States with more tools and resources to go ...
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WASHINGTON D.C. —Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement in response to U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s release of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election: “From day one of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, I have repeatedly called for the Special Counsel, led by Robert Mueller, to be given the time and resources required to complete its work. After 22 months of an exhaust...
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Rep. Hill speaks on state of U.S. By ADG U.S. Rep. French Hill summed up Wednesday what he called "The Good and the Bad and the Ugly" of current events. Addressing the Political Animals Club, the Republican from Little Rock placed the U.S. economy in the "good" category, telling the audience that this country is outperforming the rest of the developed world. "In Europe we're constantly asked ... 'What's the secret sauce? How did American business rebound so ably from the Great Recession in '08?'...
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