http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/20/end-policy-state-bishop-congress-member/ WASHINGTON -- It's immoral for hard-hearted officials to separate children from their parents, Catholic Bishop Anthony B. Taylor said Tuesday. Arkansans should urge members of the state's congressional delegation to oppose the policy, he added. "This latest action of our government in separating children from their parents shows us clearly the depths of the depravity that sets in when year after year we...
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http://https//www.thv11.com/article/news/local/sen-cotton-calls-democratic-bill-to-stop-family-separations-child-trafficking-encouragement-act/91-565685676 By: Michael Buckner Senator Tom Cotton had harsh words for a Senate Democrat bill on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying the "Keep Families Together Act" is "better called the Child Trafficking Encouragement Act." In two tweets, Cotton said the Democrats "don't oppose family separation" but instead "oppose immigration enforcement" at the border. ...
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http://http//katv.com/news/local/state-drug-director-on-opioid-crisis-what-we-have-been-doing-is-not-working By Talk Business & Politics LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (Talk Business & Politics)- State Drug Director Kirk Lane says the state and nation aren’t doing enough to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, while the U.S. House of Representatives is passing a flurry of bills to combat the problem. “The biggest thing that Arkansas needs to do is be adaptable to change. What we have been doing for a long ti...
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http://http//www.investmentnews.com/article/20180618/FREE/180619925/small-broker-dealers-seek-legislative-relief-from-annual-audits By Mark Schoeff Jr. Small broker-dealers are hoping bills introduced in the House and Senate will ease some of the costs of required annual audits. Under the legislation, small brokers would not have to hire an auditing firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for their reviews. The PCAOB was established in 2002 by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to...
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http://https//www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15569833.htm Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 21-22, 2018 will focus on Egypt’s Copts: Faces of Persecution. This leading policy event brings together top legislators, academics, and policy experts to share their views and recommendations for the Egyptian government to provide greater protection for the Copts with and to help them achieve equality in Egypt. Coptic Solidarity is proud to have a diverse group of...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman, released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced misconduct by a former VA pathologist at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “This alleged gross negligence by a physician charged with caring for our veterans is a disturbing revelation and a clear failure to uphold the Department of Veterans Aff...
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http://http//www.fox16.com/news/local-news/rep-french-hill-holds-summit-on-opioid-crisis/1247798684 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Congressman French Hill in the Capital City today to talk about the fight against the opioid epidemic. Hill sat alongside the Arkansas Drug Czar, the Regional Director of the Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration and more. The group offered up some solution to the crisis. An integrated health care system, behavioral and physical recovery programs for parole...
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http://http//katv.com/news/local/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-says-plan-to-support-border-control-unchanged LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke Monday (June 18) about the growing controversies over illegal immigration, with Hill saying families should stay together and Hutchinson committed to sending troops to the U.S. southern border. Hill wants to find ways of keeping families together when they cross the border illegally and is hopeful...
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http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/17/va-therapist-yanked-from-clinic-in-conw/ By Debra Hale-Shelton Larry Hay's Army tour in Vietnam was a half century ago, long before he married Margaret, his wife of 34 years. The war has long ended; the trauma lingers. "When he goes to bed at night, he goes back to hell. He goes back to Vietnam every night, and so do I," Margaret said. "We neither one get a good night sleep. ... I try to catch his nightmares." Larry Hay enlisted in the Army in...
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act, which helps combat synthetic drug epidemic threatening Arkansas and America: “I was proud to support this bill to give more resources to law enforcement to stop killer drugs from coming into the United States and because it is a good compliment to my bill to increase screening resources for the U.S. Postal Service. The opioid epi...
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