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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02), after joining 41 Members of Congress, urged the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to ensure that families illegally crossing into the United States are kept together and requested clarity on current policies, issued the following statement: “Stronger border security is imperative, but it cannot be at the expense of compassion, which is why I joined my 41 c... Read more

http://https//www.thv11.com/article/news/local/trump-administration-to-visit-federal-property-in-kelso-to-potentially-house-immigrant-children/91-566335339 By: THV11 Digital An official with the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the department will be visiting an unused federal property in Kelso as a potential site to house immigrant children temporarily. The site will be assessed by the United States Department of Agriculture to see if the site is "suitable for HHS to tempo... Read more

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/21/u-s-officials-to-size-up-air-base-as-de/ By Emma Pettit Federal officials are to tour Little Rock Air Force Base today to determine its suitability for holding people who have illegally entered the U.S., something the governor said he supports if it keeps children and parents together. An Air Force base spokesman confirmed Wednesday morning that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services staff members would survey the Jacksonville base, loca... Read more

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting over 50 pieces of opioid legislation during the last two weeks in the U.S. House: “Nearly 65,000 Americans died in 2016 due to drug overdoses – more than our losses in the Vietnam War. Of those 65,000 souls lost, 45,000 were from opioids, which is why the House prioritized comprehensive, bipartisan action - passing more than 50 bills in the past two weeks. During my Opioid Summit on Monday, I hear... Read more

WASHINGTON -- A deeply polarizing farm bill passed the House on party lines Thursday, a month after the legislation went down to stunning defeat after getting ensnared in the toxic politics of immigration. The legislation, which passed 213-211, includes contentious new work rules for most adult food-stamp recipients -- provisions that are dead on arrival in the Senate. The legislative package overseeing more than $430 billion of food and agriculture programs contains a host of measures aimed at ... Read more

http://http//newtoncountytimes.com/local_history/celebrate-the-fourth-at-historic-arkansas-museum/article_aaa792c6-758b-11e8-94b9-0b08cb937040.html Historic Arkansas Museum (HAM) will host its Independence Day celebration, Frontier Fourth of July, on Wednesday, July 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., on its historic grounds at 200 E. Third St., Little Rock. The event is free and open to the public. There will be a variety of family friendly activities including living history performances and demonstrations,... Read more

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act, to help Arkansas farm families prosper: “Agriculture is Arkansas’s number one economic industry, and I was proud to support the passage of the farm bill to give security and assistance to Arkansas’s and our nation’s farmers. “I was pleased that this bill included much-needed reforms including adding a work or education requirement to the food stamp program for a... Read more

http://https//talkbusiness.net/2018/06/president-trump-ends-family-separation-policy-arkansas-gop-delegation-sought-end-to-controversial-treatment/ By Wesley Brown President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 20) signed an executive order to end his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the nation’s southern border. It was a move hoped for by most of Arkansas’ all-GOP congressional delegation. The delegation emerged from Republicans-only meetings with the President on Tuesday voicing varying ... Read more

http://https//riponadvance.com/featured/u-s-senate-receives-katko-proposal-end-synthetic-drug-trafficking/ The U.S. House of Representatives on June 15 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) aimed at ending the nationwide influx of heroin and synthetic drugs. “The threats synthetic drugs pose to our communities and law enforcement must be stopped,” Rep. Katko said on the House floor prior to the vote, which drew support from U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Br... Read more

WASHINGTON – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement on the U.S. immigration system and family separations, as well as the two pieces of immigration legislation expected to be considered in the House on Thursday: “There is no doubt that the U.S. immigration system is broken and in need of fixing. The Bush and Obama administrations were presented with one border crisis after another, and the current administration is no different, demonstrating that our broken immigration system d... Read more