Little Rock, Ark. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) joined America’s News Headquarters to talk about the legacy of his friend, Rep. John Lewis. In his interview with Alicia Acuna, Rep. Hill spoke about his treasured times with Rep. Lewis, like walking across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 50th Anniversary of the Marches from Selma to Montgomery; learning that the Navy was naming… Read more »
U.S. Attorney General Praises Arkansas Law Enforcement During Little Rock Visit
7/10/2020
KUAR
At a time when police practices are under scrutiny nationwide, U.S. Attorney General William Barr praised Arkansas law enforcement during his Thursday visit to Little Rock. Barr, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton and U.S. Representative French Hill held a roundtable discussion with state law… Read more »
Groundbreaking held to announce public infrastructure improvements at the Port of Little Rock
07/06/2020 FOX 16 News
Over $11 million in new public infrastructure will help bring two new industries to the port
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News Release) – Local, state and federal leaders gathered today for a groundbreaking ceremony on new transportation infrastructure at the Port of… Read more »
House subcommittee leads initiative to combat transnational trafficking
3/6/2020
Homeland Preparedness News
A bipartisan coalition of Congress members recently launched an effort to combat transnational trafficking.
The Counter-Trafficking Initiative is designed to explore and expose the breadth and reach of transnational trafficking networks and their illicit… Read more »
Hill addresses forms of trafficking during House committee hearing
3/6/2020
The Ripon Advance
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on March 4 helped lead the first in a series of hearings by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Counter-Trafficking Initiative aimed at exploring and exposing the impacts of transnational trafficking networks.
“Trafficking is a major concern in the… Read more »
House committee works to cut off traffickers’ profit pipeline
3/5/2020
WKRN
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – International trafficking of people, animals, drugs, and weapons is a booming business.
The criminal enterprises behind it rake in about $2 trillion a year, according to Global Financial Integrity.
The House Financial Services Committee is working on a plan to combat… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, helped lead a hearing entitled, “The Traffickers’ Roadmap: How Bad Actors Exploit Financial Systems to Facilitate the Illicit Trade in People, Animals, Drugs, and Weapons.” This hearing is the first in a… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Representatives French Hill (R-AR) and Al Lawson (D-FL) introduced H.R. 6081, the Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act. The legislation would make public the funds obtained in an illegal or corrupt manner held by Iran’s authoritarian theocratic regime. In addition, it would require the Department of Treasury to brief Congress on how the funds have been… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — In response to the U.S. Senate acquittal of President Donald J. Trump, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement:
“Over the course of American history, countless citizens have exercised their First Amendment rights by protesting our nation's chief executives; however, the power of impeachment is a solemn one and vested solely in the… Read more »
French Hill issues statement in response to Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas
12/23/2019
KARK4
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Just days after President Trump was impeached, a group of Arkansans showed up to congressman French Hill’s saying they will hold him accountable for voting no on impeachment.
The group, indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas Delivered over 100… Read more »
