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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting over 50 pieces of opioid legislation during the last two weeks in the U.S. House: “Nearly 65,000 Americans died in 2016 due to drug overdoses – more than our losses in the Vietnam War. Of those 65,000 souls lost, 45,000 were from opioids, which is why the House prioritized… Read more »

WASHINGTON -- A deeply polarizing farm bill passed the House on party lines Thursday, a month after the legislation went down to stunning defeat after getting ensnared in the toxic politics of immigration. The legislation, which passed 213-211, includes contentious new work rules for most adult food-stamp recipients -- provisions that are dead on arrival in the Senate. The legislative… Read more »

http://http//newtoncountytimes.com/local_history/celebrate-the-fourth-at-historic-arkansas-museum/article_aaa792c6-758b-11e8-94b9-0b08cb937040.html Historic Arkansas Museum (HAM) will host its Independence Day celebration, Frontier Fourth of July, on Wednesday, July 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., on its historic grounds at 200 E. Third St., Little Rock. The event is free and open to the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act, to help Arkansas farm families prosper: “Agriculture is Arkansas’s number one economic industry, and I was proud to support the passage of the farm bill to give security and assistance to Arkansas’s and our nation’s farmers. “I was pleased that… Read more »

http://https//talkbusiness.net/2018/06/president-trump-ends-family-separation-policy-arkansas-gop-delegation-sought-end-to-controversial-treatment/ By Wesley Brown President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 20) signed an executive order to end his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the nation’s southern border. It was a move hoped for by most of Arkansas’ all-GOP… Read more »

http://https//riponadvance.com/featured/u-s-senate-receives-katko-proposal-end-synthetic-drug-trafficking/ The U.S. House of Representatives on June 15 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) aimed at ending the nationwide influx of heroin and synthetic drugs. “The threats synthetic drugs pose to our communities and law enforcement must be stopped,”… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement on the U.S. immigration system and family separations, as well as the two pieces of immigration legislation expected to be considered in the House on Thursday: “There is no doubt that the U.S. immigration system is broken and in need of fixing. The Bush and Obama administrations were presented with one border… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/20/end-policy-state-bishop-congress-member/ WASHINGTON -- It's immoral for hard-hearted officials to separate children from their parents, Catholic Bishop Anthony B. Taylor said Tuesday. Arkansans should urge members of the state's congressional delegation to oppose the policy, he added. "This latest action of our government in… Read more »

http://https//www.thv11.com/article/news/local/sen-cotton-calls-democratic-bill-to-stop-family-separations-child-trafficking-encouragement-act/91-565685676 By: Michael Buckner Senator Tom Cotton had harsh words for a Senate Democrat bill on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying the "Keep Families Together Act" is "better called the Child Trafficking Encouragement Act." In two tweets,… Read more »

http://http//katv.com/news/local/state-drug-director-on-opioid-crisis-what-we-have-been-doing-is-not-working By Talk Business & Politics LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (Talk Business & Politics)- State Drug Director Kirk Lane says the state and nation aren’t doing enough to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, while the U.S. House of Representatives is passing a flurry of bills to combat… Read more »