Crypto-Friendly US Congress Members Join New Fintech Task Force
Yahoo Finance
05/09/2019
The U.S. House of Representatives is launching a new task force aimed specifically at financial technology – including blockchain.
The new task force, referred to as the FinTech Task Force, was established by the House Financial Services Committee by a voice vote Thursday, and will… Read more »
Click HERE or on the picture above to watch the full interview with Congressman Hill on Morning Joe.
WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) joined MSNBC's Morning Joe to talk about the latest developments on trade talks with China, and why America's strong economy… Read more »
Hill, Fitzpatrick take aim against foreign opioid traffickers
By The Ripon Advance
U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 2 introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act to impose penalties on foreign traffickers of illicit opioids.
“We can’t allow more families to be destroyed by the opioid crisis, which is killing more than 130 Americans every day,” Rep.… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as the latest recipient of the Golden Fleece Award for its failure, as the regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to uphold the congressionally mandated pay cap of $600,000 in… Read more »
This week, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on H.R. 9, a bill to prohibit President Trump from pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. Here is why I voted no on this bill:
I recently returned from a meeting in Tokyo where members of Congress and Japanese officials discussed the north Asian security situation, our plans for a… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement opposing H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, a bill that would prevent President Trump from withdrawing the United States from the Obama Administration’s expensive commitments under the Paris Climate Accord:
“The president pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord because the… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — In light of the dramatic rise in devastating fentanyl overdose deaths, Congressmen French Hill (R-Ark.), Max Rose (D-N.Y.), Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act—the first-ever fentanyl sanctions effort in the House of Representatives—that would apply pressure on the Chinese government to… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced the results of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition during a reception held at the Historic Art Museum in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. Congressman Hill is the Co-Chairman of this year's 38th annual Congressional Art Competition.
Congressman Hill’s office received 57 submissions this year from high school students from… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the House unanimously passed H.Res.327, a bipartisan resolution introduced by Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults.
“As a father, a former community banker, and an investment adviser, I believe that… Read more »
Arkansas Achievers
By NW ADG
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., is receiving the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, which is granted to Eagle Scouts who, after 25 years, have distinguished themselves in their life work and who have shared their talents with their communities on a voluntary basis. Hill earned the Eagle Award on March 29, 1972, in Troop 27 of Little Rock, chartered to… Read more »
