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LITTLE ROCK, Ark, -- Former Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey has died. Dickey, who was a Republican from Pine Bluff, was our 4th district congressman from 1993-2001. Jay Dickey was 77 years old. Statements from Arkansas Republicans on Dickey's passing: “Jay Dickey was a trailblazer in Arkansas politics, becoming the first Republican elected to represent the Fourth Congressional District. During his four terms in Congress, Jay advocated for the people of Arkansas as a member of the Appropriations ... Read more

Today, House Committee Financial Services Majority Whip Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after President Trump signed executive actions to review the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) regulations: “The great misconception of the Dodd-Frank Act was that it would end the harmful reign of ‘too big to fail.’ Seven years later, we know that it only enshrined ‘too big to fail’ by allowing the government to d... Read more

Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement on the passing of former Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey: “It is a sad day for our state; Congressman Dickey was a great public servant who made many contributions to Arkansas and our Nation as a whole. I always loved his irrepressible enthusiasm for lower Arkansas, and no one worked harder for his constituents than Jay. We are all fortunate to have had someone with such a strong character be a leader for our state, and Mar... Read more

When Pine Bluff native and former 4th District Congressman Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, he made history by being the first-ever Republican to hold the office. Dickey died Thursday night at Jefferson Regional Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 77. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson released a statement Friday morning about Dickey, saying, “Jay was one of those people who loved life and everyone around him. I had the privile... Read more

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 9:00 AM CT, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will host a disaster preparation seminar at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. Representatives from the Red Cross, National Weather Service, Vilonia Fire Department, Faulkner County Office of Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Human Services, United Methodist Committee on Relief, and Catholic... Read more

There’s regular intelligence, and there’s emotional intelligence, which is the ability to recognize and control your own emotions and to influence the emotions of others. If you’re a member of Congress, you need both, but if you’re a member of Congress participating in a town hall, and you can only be blessed with one, it’d better be emotional intelligence. I write that paragraph after attending Monday’s 2 p.m. raucous town hall hosted by Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. French Hill, where it didn’t mat... Read more

This is getting to be old hat for Sen. Tom Cotton. This time he was joined on stage by U.S. Rep. French Hill. The pair had to listen to the crowd boo and jeer--and sometimes cheer--as they talked about the president's taxes, Obamacare, Syrian attacks and Russian hacking. But the two gentlemen seem to think it's part of their job to stand up to the criticism their opponents serve up at these town hall meetings. Call it courage. It's one thing to talk to a political club of like-minded people, all... Read more

Exactly 45 years after saving the crew of a burning C-130 plane in a war zone, four Vietnam War veterans on Tuesday received Silver Stars for gallantry in action. During an awards ceremony in Little Rock, U.S. Rep. French Hill pinned a medal on each of the recipients -- Capt. Robert Frank of Leavenworth, Kan., Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Monette of Madison, Ala., Spc. 4 Leonard Shearer of Glendale, Ariz., and Spc. 4 John DesLauriers of Texas. Those were their Army ranks at the time of the act... Read more

Four U.S. Army veterans who rescued seven people from a burning transport plane during the Vietnam War each received a Silver Star on Tuesday for their heroic actions. Robert Monette, Robert Frank, Spc. John Deslouriers and Spc. Leonard "Bruce" Shearer -- the crew members of UH-1H "Huey" -- reunited in Little Rock, Ark., for the ceremony, Stars and Stripes reported. Arkansas Rep. French Hill presented the medals to the veterans. Three of the crash survivors who were rescued in the mission also a... Read more

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Congressman French Hill awarded four veterans with the Silver Star in Little Rock Monday, the 45th anniversary of their heroic actions in Vietnam. On April 18, 1972, Robert J. Monette, John F. Deslouriers, Leonard B. Shearer, and Robert A. Frank flew their helicopter into enemy territory to rescue seven U.S. crew members whose C-130 aircraft went down. Frank, the mission commander, told Channel 7 News he remembers watching the burning aircraft crash into a field. "A... Read more