Today, the House passed H.Amdt. to S.Admt. to H.R. 34, 21st Century Cures Act, by a bipartisan vote of 392-26. The 21st Century Cures Act provides critical funding in a deficit-reducing manner to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and ensures that great research institutions like Little Rock’s University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital can sustain their search for cures to diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. “I lost my mother to cancer and my mother-in-la...
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Boy Scout Troop 152 of Clinton, announces Eagle Court of Honor for Grant McMurry. Congressman James French Hill of Arkansas’s 2nd District will present McMurry his Eagle Scout award, December 3, 6 p.m. at Clinton First Assembly of God Church, 2466 Hwy. 65 North, Clinton. The Eagle Scout Badge is the highest youth award which may be earned by a member of the Boy Scouting program. Eagle Scout candidate Grant McMurry earned 27 merit badges. McMurray is the son of Frank and Suzanne McMurry. McMurray...
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Republican Rep. French Hill of Arkansas' 2nd District echoed Cotton in a Facebook post that called Castro a "brutal dictator" who tore families apart and took away the rights of Cuba's people. "History will not look down on this brutal dictator with kind regard -- and neither should we," he wrote. "Today, I am hopeful that the Cuban people are one day closer to the type of freedom they deserve." Click here to read more.
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Heartland Renaissance Fund, LLC, of Little Rock, a subsidiary of Arkansas Capital Corporation, has been awarded an allocation of $65 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), the second largest award amount for Heartland in its 15-year history. Heartland Renaissance Fund was one of 120 organizations nationwide that were awarded tax credits totaling $7 billion for use in low-income communities under the 2015-2016 round of the NMTC program. The tax credits are administered by the U.S. Treasury’s ...
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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) wrote to President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence asking them to create a Task Force on Regulatory Relief to address the overly burdensome regulations from federal agencies that are hurting economic and job growth. Yesterday, President Barack Obama released his semi-annual regulatory agenda, giving insight into what additional regulations the president plans to propose prior to leaving office in January of next year. “Even in the wa...
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Today, the House passed H.R. 5711, to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran, by a vote of 243-174. Prior to the vote, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) spoke on the House Floor, urging his colleagues to support passage of the bill. Watch Congressman Hill’s Floor Speech on H.R. 5711 Hill said: “I was proud to be a member...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Trump transition team has started making picks for the president elect's cabinet. U.S. Rep. French Hill joins the program to examine the initial selections and who might still be to come. Plus, Speaker of the House Jeremy Gillam (R) discusses 2017's legislative session, and our panel talks about the future of healthcare in the state with Obamacare hanging in the balance. Capitol View airs Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. on KARK-TV directly before NBC's Meet in the Press. It...
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President-elect Donald Trump doesn't take the oath of office until Jan. 20, but Arkansans are already hurrying to grab seats, book flights and secure hotel rooms. Click here to read more.
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CORPORATIONS, TAXES AND INFRASTRUCTURE — OH MY! An economic adviser to President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday pitched to lawmakers the idea of using a one-time 10 percent tax on corporate revenues repatriated from overseas to offset costs associated with an infrastructure spending plan. “We think that there’s as much as $2 trillion overseas,” Stephen Moore said at a meeting arranged by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. Moore said the arrangement could possibly raise between $100 billion and $1...
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A BUMPY ROAD? Donald Trump was elected president eight days ago, a result that gave a jolt to previously stalled GOP efforts to comprehensively revamp the tax code. And yet it seems it might have only taken about a week for cracks to start forming in the partnership between Hill Republicans and the president-elect. Here’s what happened on Tuesday: Stephen Moore of The Heritage Foundation, who’s been one of the top Trump surrogates on tax issues for months, pitched to lawmakers at a meeting arran...
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