Arkansas Community Health Centers Awarded Nearly $3 Million to Combat Opioid Addiction By Mena Star U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton along with U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman announced that Arkansas is the recipient of nearly $3 million for Community Health Centers to advance substance abuse and mental health treatment. The funds are awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its Expanding Access to Quality Subs...
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Arkansas clinics to use $3 million grant for drug abuse, mental health treatment By Talk Business Community Health Centers of Arkansas will receive nearly $3 million for substance abuse and mental health treatment. On Wednesday (Sept. 19), U.S. Sens. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, and Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro; French Hill, R-Little Rock; Steve Womack, R-Rogers; and Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, announced the grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and...
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$3 million awarded for substance abuse and mental health By KAIT Arkansas is receiving nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money will go to Community Health Centers for substance abuse and mental health treatment. “Community Health Centers have long been on the front lines of the opioid epidemic,” Senator John Boozman said. “Throughout this escalating crisis, they have played a vital role in addressing the mental and behavioral health needs of those seeki...
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Arkansas Congressman Goes Up Close During Rice Harvest By USA Rice Monday Congressman French Hill (R-AR), who represents Arkansas’ 2nd District, had the chance to celebrate September National Rice Month at the source - visiting several local rice farms during harvest. Before heading out to the fields, Congressman Hill met here with Arkansas Rice Federation Chairman Jeff Rutledge and representatives from Farm Credit, where the conversation focused on agricultural finance. After leaving Little Roc...
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Congressmen Tap into Spa City's Success to Relieve National Parks' Maintenance Backlog By Jessi Turnure The cost of projects to spruce up national parks across the country has grown to $12 billion. The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, along with Congressman French Hill, R-Arkansas, traveled from the nation's capitol to Arkansas' spa city for the first time to hear from local leaders about a solution to the maintenance backlog. Hot Springs has tapped into the National Park Service's his...
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Hill’s audit relief bill for small broker-dealers passes House committee By Ripon Advance News Bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) to give regulatory relief to small investment broker-dealers on Sept. 13 passed the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. “I am pleased the Financial Services Committee advanced my bill to provide relief to these small businesses because the current regulatory one-size-fits-all requirements has heaped additional costs and has inhibited...
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Washington news in brief By Frank Lockwood Black universities’ event hosts LR’s Hill U.S. Rep. French Hill spoke last week at the second annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Braintrust luncheon. The Republican from Little Rock serves as vice co-chairman of the HBCU Caucus. The 2nd Congressional District, which Hill represents, has three historically black schools, including Arkansas Baptist College and Philander Smith College, both in Little Rock, as well as Shorter Colle...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the Financial Services Committee advanced his bill, the Small Business Audit Correction Act, that provides much-needed regulatory relief for small investment broker-dealers by providing an exception from certain audit requirements and reinstating previous regulations: “Often when we discuss regulatory relief in the financial services arena, we are talking about it in the vein of community banking, but so many oth...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting in support of bipartisan legislation to funds Energy and Water and Military Construction and Department of Veterans Affairs, which will now go to the president’s desk for signature: “Since coming to Congress, I have said that the only way to get control of federal spending is to take charge of it and stop funding the government through short-term spending packages that are not faithful to the prioriti...
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French Hill recalls McCain as 'a good friend' By Frank Lockwood U.S. Rep. French Hill paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. John McCain on Thursday evening on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Republican from Little Rock called McCain "a good friend" and "a loyal member of the House of Representatives and the Senate." The Republican from Arizona, who died Aug. 25 at age 81, served two terms in the House before his election to the Senate in 1986. Years ago, Hill served as a legislative ...
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