The holidays are a time of giving to others, lending a hand to our neighbors, and spending time with our loved ones. It's a season of joy and laughter as we celebrate Christ's birth and bring in the new year. For some, however, hope is dim as they wrestle with challenges such as addiction and misfortune. Those who struggle with cycles of homelessness, substance abuse, and criminal recidivism are often forgotten during the holidays, but they are at the forefront of my mind this season. The number...
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http://http//www.littlerocksoiree.com/post/120158/centers-for-youth-families-to-recognize-rep-french-hill by Todd Traub The Champions of Hope aren’t angels. They aren’t sweethearts. And that’s the point. This year the Centers for Youth and Families, in its ongoing quest to promote social wellness, inaugurated its Champions of Hope volunteer program for high school boys. The brainchild of CFYF Foundation board member Trena Nosler — co-chair of the CFYF Evolve fundraiser — the program offers young...
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By: Frank Underwood WASHINGTON -- Dull Christmas cards have been a Capitol Hill tradition for decades. Stacy Crawford, wife of U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, was determined to change that. "I wanted to do something funny and fun," she said. "He's got a great sense of humor, and I wanted people to see that side of him." So she re-created a couple of scenes from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, a 1989 comedy film about the dysfunctional Griswold family, starring Chevy Chase. The movie features a t...
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Today, seven other members of the House of Representatives from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas joined Congressman French Hill (AR-02) in writing a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to include public and private stakeholders from waterway systems in his discussions and plans to improve our nation’s infrastructure. The seven Members of Congress stressed the importance of including the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) as part of infrastructure improvements. In the ...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (R-AR), along with Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), Dave Trott (R-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), introduced a resolution expressing concern over attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt. “I had the opportunity to travel to Egypt earlier this year,” said Rep. Hill. “While preparing for the trip, visiting the country, and returning home, I repeated...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after President Trump signed comprehensive tax reform legislation into law: “For the first time in over three decades, we delivered comprehensive tax reform to Arkansans and Americans to create new jobs, bring jobs back home, and let people keep more of their hard-earned dollars. This bill streamlines the filing process, doubles the child tax credit, doubles the standard deduction – all of which means that Arkansas families will be ...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) made the following statement after the Senate passed his bill, H.R. 2611, the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act, and was sent to President Trump’s desk for signature: Congressman Hill said, “It’s an exciting day for Arkansas and Little Rock as my bill to preserve Arkansas’s civil rights history passed the Senate and is now onto the President’s desk for his signature. This could not come at a better time as we just cel...
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Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as the final winner of the Golden Fleece award of 2017 for wasteful spending and an institutional lack of accountability. In the letter to WMATA General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld, Congressman Hill wrote: Dear Mr. Wiedefeld: I write today to inform you that your agency is this month’s recipient of my Golden Fleece Award. I am awarding this to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMA...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement supporting a short-term measure to fund government operations at current funding levels until January 19, 2018: “Generally, I am not in favor of short-term spending bills, and, as I have said repeatedly, the ball is in the Senate’s court because the House has passed all twelve of our spending bills this year. With that said, it was important and responsible for the House to move today’s bill to ensure that we continue to fund priorit...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting additional funding for disaster relief: “Across the nation, we have neighbors in need not only in Arkansas but in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and in the West where communities are still suffering and recovering from hurricanes and disastrous wildfires. The measure we passed today will provide $81 billion over ten years (about $11 billion in fiscal year 2018) in disaster relief for Arkansan and American fa...
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