Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order on refugees: “Over the past two years we have heard extensive testimony from high-ranking Obama Administration officials, including James Comey, James Clapper, and Jeh Johnson, on the lack of verification of critical data about refugees coming from war-torn countries of the Middle East, particularly Syria. The short pause in refugee arrivals will help the new administration d...
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Sheridan High School senior Sean Fitzgerald recently accepted an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the son of Dennis and Lee Anne Fitzgerald. “With an acceptance rate comparable to those of Ivy League schools like Yale and Princeton — the U.S. Naval Academy is ranked one of the most challenging institutions of higher learning to get into,” a spokesman said in a news release. Fitzgerald learned of the news from U.S. Rep. French Hill, who called to congratulate him on his acceptance. Fi...
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U.S. Representative French Hill (R-2nd District) is the latest member of Arkansas's House delegation to back President Trump's refugee order while calling for peeling back restrictions on green card holders and others. Hill issued a statement on Monday afternoon. "While modest inconveniences are acceptable in order to keep our homeland safe, blocking U.S. green card holders, students and professors possessing proper visas, and those extraordinary men and women who have aided us in our Global War...
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Today, House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) announced that Congressman French Hill (AR-02), who serves as Committee Whip, would serve on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, and Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance. Following the announcement, Congressman Hill stated: “I appreciate the Chairman assigning me to these three important subcommittees. Our Committee has a full plate in the ...
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Arkansas's congressional delegation is lining up to support President Donald Trump's moves to revive the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. President Trump utilized the power of executive orders on Tuesday to expedite reviews of the projects and re-start processes halted or delayed by former President Obama. Following Trump's moves U.S. Representative French Hill, of the 2nd District in central Arkansas, issued a statement praising the President. Hill referenced a direct connection to a ma...
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President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. He also signed an executive order to expedite environmental reviews of other infrastructure projects, lamenting the existing "incredibly cumbersome, long, horrible permitting process." "The regulatory process in this country has become a tangled-up mess," he said. Many of those environmental reviews are statutory, and the legislation that created them cannot be swept aside by an exec...
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An energy project that is sharply opposed by members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation was on President Donald Trump's pre-inauguration "priority list" of "emergency and national security projects," according to a document obtained by the Kansas City Star and released Tuesday. A spokesman for the president cautioned late Tuesday that the list is not a White House policy document. An article by the Star and the McClatchy Washington Bureau described it as "a first glimpse at ...
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For the second consecutive Congress, Congressman French Hill (R-AR-02) and Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14) will co-chair the Congressional Skilled American Workforce Caucus. Over the past two years, Congressman Hill and Congresswoman Lawrence have been actively engaged in promoting the need for increased skilled workforce training. In the 114th Congress, the caucus hosted multiple roundtable discussions and traveled to Arkansas and Michigan to meet with local issue experts and stakeholde...
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Today, President Trump signed executive actions to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. Little Rock-based Welspun Tubular was contracted to build 700 miles of pipe for the Keystone XL. Welspun officials say that more than 350 miles of pipe lay idle at their Little Rock plant while awaiting approval to complete the project. Following today’s announcement, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement: “In his first week on the job, President Trump is provin...
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LITTLE ROCK — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed executive orders to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects, a move that was hailed by members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation and criticized by the Arkansas Sierra Club. “The fact that this was one of the first items on President Trump’s agenda speaks volumes about how his administration will prioritize job creation, energy infrastructure and economic opportunity,” Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said in a statement Tue...
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