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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting in support of the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which passed the House: “The House has achieved a major victory by passing tax reform legislation to help hardworking Arkansas families can keep more of their hard-earned dollars, to bring jobs back home, and to create new… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting H.R. 3312, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017: “I am pleased to support this measure to remove one more Dodd-Frank creation that has penalized and burdened our banks through a completely arbitrary asset threshold of $50 billion to designate firms as ‘systemically important financial… Read more »

Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Ranking Member Ted Deutch (FL-22), Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) led 71 of their House colleagues in asking Vice President Mike Pence to hold the Egyptian government accountable for systemic human… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after supporting two pieces of legislation to provide stronger oversight over Iran’s financial transactions in an effort to stop Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism: “I am pleased that, as a member of the House Financial Services Committee, I have the opportunity work on legislation that has a direct effect on the safety and… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the latest winner of the Golden Fleece award for wasteful spending on an idle data warehouse. OPM has spent over $10 million to build a data warehouse for health claims data from beneficiaries of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB), data that OPM does not have, according to a… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law: “I appreciate President Trump signing into law a bill that continues our support for Arkansans - and their families - serving in our nation’s military. This is the fifty-fourth consecutive year that Congress has worked in a bipartisan fashion… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced H.R. 4560, the GSE Jumpstart Reauthorization Act of 2017. This legislation would extend an existing prohibition while preventing the U.S. Treasury Department from selling its Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) preferred shares. It also would require the GSEs to pay dividends to the Treasury Department prior to making payments to the Housing… Read more »

 Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting to fund the federal government through December 22, 2017: “We’ve already done our job in the House by passing all twelve government funding bills this year, but the Senate hasn’t done their job by passing any of them. In addition to these twelve funding bills, the House has also successfully… Read more »

Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting for legislation that upholds the Second Amendment:  “The right to bear arms is firmly established by our Constitution, and that right should extend across state lines. After being robbed twice and fearing for her and her children’s safety, Shaneen Allen obtained her concealed carry permit in Pennsylvania and… Read more »

Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) introduced the Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2017, which further increases the ability of community banks in Arkansas and across the Nation to extend credit to hardworking Arkansans and Americans. Rep. Hill issued the following statement: “Having spent two decades in community banking in Arkansas, I understand the importance of being able… Read more »