Hill Announces Golden Fleece, Talks Comey on KARN

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Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced that this month’s Golden Fleece recipient is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during an interview on First News with Kevin Miller. During the interview, Hill stated, “The IRS’ anti-fraud program [is] a really important part of what the IRS does.  Just between 2008 and 2010, they lost $458 billion a year on not capturing…

Vietnam veteran awarded Silver Star 45 years after rescue

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PHOENIX — Smoke and fire enveloped the afternoon of April 18, 1972. The town of An Lộc in South Vietnam was under siege by the Viet Cong, who had the area surrounded. Hercules C-130s tried dropping supplies to the defenders, but the Viet Cong’s anti-air weaponry often shot at them before they could make the drops. Spc. 4 Leonard "Bruce" Shearer, who now lives in…

Hill to Host Reception for Educational Award Winners

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 6:00 PM CT, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) will host a reception for the 2017 Educational Award Program (EAP) winners. The event will take place at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock. The EAP was instituted in 2015 by Congressman Hill to recognize one senior and one junior from each high school in the Second Congressional District as…

Boat factory, hotel, in consideration at Fairfield Bay

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The recent Fairfield Bay City Council meeting, while fairly low key, went into several business development issues for the community. The first item, at the Monday, May 8, meeting, was Mayor Paul Wellenberger’s presentation to the body for a boat factory considering moving to Fairfield Bay. The factory, not named in the presentation, would produce both boats and trailers with 35…

Perdue pledges expedited disaster declaration to help Arkansas farmers

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Arkansas farmers hit by flooding can expect an expedited disaster declaration, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said recently following a flyover of northeast Arkansas. Perdue, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Sen. John Boozman and U.S. House members Rick Crawford and French Hill, took to the sky recently to get a firsthand look at the damage caused by storms that hit the Mid-South April…

Arkansas lawmakers react to Trump firing FBI director

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LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Members of Arkansas' all-Republican congressional delegation are stopping short of criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and none of the state's senators or representatives are so far calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Trump campaign's possible connections to Russia. Remarks made Wednesday about…

Declaration expedited to help farmers

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Perdue, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Sen. John Boozman, and U.S. House members Rick Crawford and French Hill, took to the sky Sunday afternoon to get a first-hand look at the damage caused by storms that hit the Mid-South April 27-30. All spoke at a news conference held in the Arkansas State Police hangar at the Little Rock airport. Arkansas farmers hit by flooding can expect an expedited…

Perdue pledges expedited disaster declaration to help Arkansas farmers

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Arkansas farmers hit by flooding can expect an expedited disaster declaration, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said following a May 7 flyover of northeast Arkansas. Perdue, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Sen. John Boozman, and U.S. House members Rick Crawford and French Hill, took to the sky to get a first-hand look at the damage caused by storms that hit the Mid-South April 27-30. All…

AR crop damage from floods pegged at $64.5 million

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ARKANSAS (AP) - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue promised to expedite requests for federal assistance after touring flooded northeast Arkansas with the state's governor and three members of its congressional delegation. Storms that brought flooding and tornadoes to the state are now blamed for nine deaths, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on May 7, following Saturday's…

Seven GOP Lawmakers Signal Support for Hair-Testing Truckers

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A letter signed by seven Republican Congressmen lays out their unequivocal support of a petition calling for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow hair testing in lieu of urinalysis to meet federal drug testing requirements for commercial truck driver applicants. The signatories, Reps. Rick Crawford; R-AR; Don Bacon, R-NE; Bruce Westerman, R-AR; Martha McSally,…

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