WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met yesterday to discuss U.S.-EU trade relations: “I’m pleased the president had a productive meeting with the European Commission President Juncker yesterday with both parties agreeing to hold off on further tariffs. President Trump has pledged to have a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with Europe, and it was an important meeting ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting for legislation to extend the current flood insurance program without critical reforms: “The current flood insurance program is unsustainable and broken. Worse, it incentivizes Americans to live and rebuild in harm’s way in dangerous, high-risk flood areas. I have long called for and supported significant structural reforms to the flood insurance program to provide consumers with more choice and inform...
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Arkansans deserve better health care By Rep. French Hill This Congress, the House has worked hard to fix problems with America’s health care system. We have repealed the Individual Mandate penalty and the death panels instituted by Obamacare, and passed the Right to Try Act, which offers terminally ill patients another route for potential help, to name a few. Obamacare, with its top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates, is a failure. It has led to decreased health care access, and increased costs. B...
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House GOP wants permanent individual tax cuts By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON — House Republicans have launched an effort to expand the massive tax law they muscled through Congress last year, aiming to make permanent the individual tax cuts and small-business income deductions now set to expire in 2026. The pre-midterm elections push, which clicked into gear Tuesday, is portrayed as championing the middle class and small businesses. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who heads the tax-writing House Ways and...
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Arkansas congressman's staff helps man break VA gridlock on disability claim By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- When you're trying to get help from the federal government and you're hitting a brick wall, Shannon Teague says, it helps to have a congressman in your corner. The Searcy resident discovered the difference a Capitol Hill ally can make after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs lost track of his application for disability benefits. Teague was injured while on duty. Eventually, he los...
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Congressman Hill gets down to business for Arkansans By Kim Riley In another recent finance-related legislative success, U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) voted to give Arkansans the opportunity to compete in the nation’s booming economy when the U.S. House on Tuesday passed the JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018, which soon may land on the president’s desk for signature to become law. “Job creators are the backbone of our country, and today we cut government red tape so they have access to the...
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Federal funding to help recover quail in Arkansas By Bryan Hendricks Fair winds are blowing for the bobwhite quail, and Arkansas has the momentum to reap the rewards. A new bill that was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate will, if enacted, provide a major catalyst for declining species, such as quail, that are not threatened or endangered. On Tuesday, Sens. James Risch (R-Idaho), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced "The Recovering America's...
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Rep. French Hill: Tariffs done right don't have to hurt Americans By Rep. French Hill President Trump has a big agenda on trade policy. He wants more markets open for American goods and services, and he wants more fair and reciprocal trade both in Asia and in Europe. He also wants to update and modernize our 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. The NAFTA negotiations continue and, while slow, they have been encouraging. Trump's efforts to reset trade relations with C...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) as the latest winner of the Golden Fleece award for their mismanagement and loss of over $1 million in medical equipment in VA facilities in Ohio. “How any government agency misplaces equipment valued at over $1 million and paid for with hardworking taxpayer dollars boggles the mind," said Rep. Hill. It’s beyond reckless that in the last three years, the VA has misplaced over $1.12 million dollars...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after supporting legislation to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other federal agencies: “Arkansans and Americans expect Congress to fund the government on time because it leads to greater fiscal accountability, and I am proud that with today’s vote we are halfway done with this important task. The bill we passed today funds the Department of the Interior, the E...
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