U.S. International Religious Freedom praises religious freedom in Egypt By Egypt Today CAIRO - 30 July 2018: The head and the members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) praised the tangible efforts exerted by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in preserving religious freedom in Egypt, according to Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights and International Humanitarian and Social Affairs Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin. This was during his visit to Washington, D.C., during whi...
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Washington news in brief: Griffin graduates from war college; Cotton voices Iran ire, Israel support; Hill berates Indian Education Bureau By Frank E. Lockwood U.S. Rep. French Hill has given his latest Golden Fleece Award to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education, alleging that it failed to fix problems at a New Mexico school despite receiving $7.5 million from the government to address the issues. The Pine Hill Schools are on the Navajo Reservation in western New Mexico...
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Protecting Elections (July 28th) By ADG The Washington Post article about election security funding that your newspaper republished on July 20 was misleading at best. The article said House Republicans approved a spending bill “exclude[ing] new money for election security,” but the author didn’t provide an explanation of the mechanics of the vote or state as fact that the House approved robust bipartisan funding at the level requested on July 19 to protect our elections. First, the vote itself w...
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Rep. French Hill Is Optimistic About Business Climate By Chron "VIDEO" The economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest GDP data. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) explains on Cheddar how the growth will shape midterm elections and what he thinks of the current job market. / Cheddar TV
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the second-quarter GDP numbers reflect strong U.S. economic growth: “We have a booming economy with more jobs available than bodies to fill them, and with our economy expanded at a 4.1 percent rate in the April to June quarter – this is the highest level in nearly four years. I'm pleased that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and regulatory reform we have worked hard to implement in the House has contributed to the healt...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after supporting three bills this week to give Arkansans high-quality, affordable access to health care: “Arkansans deserve access to high-quality, affordable health care, and that includes giving individuals and families the tools they need to get out from under the burden of Washington-knows-best programs to take control of their own health care needs. Competition in our health care system will drive down price...
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U.S. GDP rises to 4.1%, President Trump takes credit for fastest economy expansion in four years By Wesley Brown The nation’s economic engine accelerated substantially in the second quarter as consumer and government spending, along with a spike in U.S. exports ahead of expected retaliatory tariffs, lifted real gross domestic product to 4.1%, according to the “advance” estimate released Friday (July 27). The strong reading for second quarter annual GDP, the value of goods and services produced b...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after supporting the bipartisan FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report: “This is the 57th consecutive year that House and Senate have come together in a bipartisan fashion to authorize funding for our brave men and women in uniform and their families. I was proud to support this bill that boosts our military’s readiness, combats global terrorism, and gives military personnel a much-des...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) voted for legislation to provide Arkansans access to the education they need to fill 21st Century jobs in a booming economy. Hill said: “Because of the Tax Cuts and Job Act, we are seeing more jobs available than bodies to fill them, and many of these are in the skilled trades. As the Co-Chairman of the bipartisan House Skilled American Workforce Caucus, I was proud to support this bill focuses on career education to give Arkansans access to ski...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Indian Education as the latest winner of the Golden Fleece award for failing to maintain the facilities at Pine Hill Schools in New Mexico despite being given $7.5 million taxpayer dollars for school upkeep. “I am astounded at the lack of concern demonstrated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),” said Hill. “For over five years, the BIE shirked their responsibility to protect students from p...
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