Arkansas delegation reacts to Trump’s announcement on U.S.-Canada agreement By Roby Brock Out with the old acronym, in the with the new. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has completed its renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, and struck a new deal with the border countries of Canada and Mexico. A U.S.-Mexico agreement was largely reached two weeks ago and on Monday (Oct. 1), negotiators announced that a U.S.-Canada deal has been reached. The new agreement will...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after reports that Canada agreed to sign onto a trade deal between the United States and Mexico to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): "I was pleased to see that negotiators from the United States, Mexico, and Canada have successfully concluded a three-country effort to update and reform the 1992 NAFTA agreement. Canada and Mexico are the largest trading partners for Arkansas goods and services, thus a succe...
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WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: FAA bill includes Little Rock port provision; principal recognized in D.C.; U.S. funds urged for global health By Frank Lockwood FAA bill includes Little Rock port provision The version of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that passed in the U.S. House on Wednesday evening included a provision aimed at helping the Little Rock Port Authority. Economic development efforts have been complicated by the location of a navigation aid that sits between two...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting a second comprehensive tax reform bill that will help to spur small business growth, provide financial security to families, and assist entrepreneurs with startup costs and capital: “Tax reform has meant real, tangible change for hardworking Arkansans and Americans. A renewed business optimism is consistent with Arkansas’s announcement this week that personal income in Arkansas grew 5.1 percent for Arkan...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02), issued the following statement after supporting bipartisan opioid legislation that provides Arkansas families with more access to treatment and resources to fight the opioid crisis: “We can’t let another Arkansas family be hurt by the opioid crisis, which kills more than 115 Americans every day. I’ve met with central Arkansas families and listened to how the opioid epidemic has personally affected them, and my vote today was for them. For the ...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting to fund the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Department of Education for fiscal year 2019, along with a Continuing Resolution for the remaining funding bills through December 7, 2018: “We have a responsibility to fund the government on time because it leads to greater fiscal accountability, and with this vote, we have done that. For the firs...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill’s (AR-02) legislation to enhance Arkansas’s wilderness area, the Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act, advanced out of the Natural Resources Committee today by unanimous consent. The bill is now eligible for consideration by the full House. Under authorities of the Wilderness Act of 1964 as amended by the federal Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984, Hill’s legislation places more than 600 acres of existing National Forest lands next to Forked Mountain into the Nat...
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WASHINGTON – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) honored Congressman French Hill (AR-02) with the “Guardian of Small Business” award for his strong and supportive voting record on policies that help to spur on small business growth across Arkansas and the nation. “After 16 years of running my own business in Arkansas, I’m in tune with the needs that our local job creators have and am committed to seeing them succeed,” said Hill. “I recently spent a day working alongside centra...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced their intention to enter into negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Japan: “As a member of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, I am pleased to see Japan and the United States announce their intentions to enter into bilateral trade negotiations. I had the pleasure of representing the United States as a negotiator in the hi...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR02) issued the following statement after the House passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, which includes his provision to spur economic growth in central Arkansas: “I am proud of the House for delivering a path for FAA modernization and appreciative that this bill includes my provision to advance the Little Rock Port’s effort to bring more economic growth to central Arkansas by freeing up land where the FAA’s VOR cone ...
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