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House Financial Services Committee Pokes Holes in Controversial Consolidated Audit Trail Financial Advisor IQ 9/25/19 SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce questioned Tuesday whether the watchdog should proceed with its planned Consolidated Audit Trail, despite Chairman Jay Clayton’s desire to avoid more delays. The CAT is a single comprehensive database expected to store an… Read more »

Arkansas delegation decries impeachment inquiry Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/25/19 WASHINGTON -- Members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation Tuesday denounced House Democrats for launching an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Some delegation members also said it would be inappropriate for a U.S. president to ask a foreign leader to investigate… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement on Speaker Pelosi's decision to open an "impeachment inquiry" into the president: “Impeachment has consumed Congressional Democrats since the president’s first day in office. The Mueller report did not deliver the impeachment verdict they were hoping for, so now they are trying again with an… Read more »

Arkansas delegates criticize Democrats after impeachment inquiry against Trump KATV 9/24/19 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the House into a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The inquiry centers on claims that Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government for his reelection, actions… Read more »

Speaker Pelosi calls for official impeachment inquiry; Arkansas congressmen respond Talk Business & Politics 9/24/19 Declaring that the president has committed “a betrayal” of national security, national intelligence, and whistleblower statutes, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday (Sept. 24) the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives will… Read more »

Debt Collection Legislative Agenda Announced for House Financial Services Committee Hearing ACA International 9/24/19 Ten legislative proposals are on the docket for discussion Thursday during a House Financial Services Committee hearing where ACA member John Bedard, owner of the Bedard Law Group, and Sarah Auchterlonie, shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, will testify… Read more »

Buffalo River project panel forms Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/24/19 Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, using executive powers, created a new state committee Monday that is to select conservation projects within the watershed of the Buffalo National River. Private funds and a planned contribution from Hutchinson's discretionary funds will go toward the projects. The Nature Conservancy… Read more »

Dear Friends, Far too many in our society, about 1 in 5, suffer from mental illness. Tragically, only about 50% of those suffering from mental illness receive the treatment they need in a given year. Further, 37% of incarcerated adults and 70% of incarcerated youth suffer from mental illness. These numbers are… Read more »

Hill introduces bipartisan bill to correct VA’s benefits processing for veterans The Ripon Advance 9/23/19 U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Sept. 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Too many veterans in my home state of Arkansas have suffered financially because of payment mistakes… Read more »

Medication-aided opioid care slow to catch on in state Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/23/19 Months of preparations had gone into the medication-assisted treatment program housed at a decades-old community health center in Clarendon. Signs were posted. Four providers at Mid-Delta Health Systems acquired credentials necessary to prescribe drugs used to treat opioid addiction. Clinic… Read more »