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About 50 people gathered Monday outside U.S. Rep. French Hill's Little Rock office to protest his vote for the Republicans' American Health Care Act. A smaller delegation of protesters later went into Hill's office, on University Avenue, and aired their concerns with his chief of staff over speaker phone. Camille Richoux, an event organizer and student at the University of Arkansas for… Read more »

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue took an aerial tour Sunday over flood-ravaged Northeast Arkansas. Perdue promised the federal government would provide resources to help residents and farmers put their lives back in order. “The president asked me to come down and take a look … I was happy to do it,” Perdue said. The University of Arkansas Division of… Read more »

Seven members of Congress have signed a letter offering their support for a petition submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration urging the agency to allow hair testing rather than a urinalysis to meet federal drug testing requirements for commercial truck driver applicants. Signing the letter were Rick Crawford; R-Jonesboro, Ark.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; Bruce Westerman,… Read more »

Emergency officials finished preparations for rising waters along the White River by evacuating more residents and placing sandbags around businesses, and residents in Pocahontas for the first time Sunday were able to see damage done to their homes by the flooded Black River. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who took office in April, flew over the flooding in northeast Arkansas,… Read more »

HINDSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on Severe Weather-Arkansas (all times local): 5 p.m. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Sen. John Boozman and Reps. Rick Crawford and French Hill in a helicopter tour of flooded northeast Arkansas to view what Crawford called a terrible situation. Storms that began April 26 led to what… Read more »

Members of the Arkansas Community Bankers Association say they're swamped with federal regulations put in place following the 2008 financial meltdown. Stopping by Capitol Hill this week, they urged lawmakers to roll back some of the rules that were included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The law has created an unreasonable and unnecessary burden for… Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The following event on Congressman French Hill’s (AR-02) schedule for Monday, May 8, 2017, is open to the press: Congressional Art Competition Reception 6:00 PM CT Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E 3rd St, Little Rock, AR 72201 ### Read more »

House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, overcoming united Democratic opposition and their own divisions, and claiming a major victory even as the measure faces an uncertain fate in the divided U.S. Senate. Read more »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Many are still mourning the death of former Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, a Republican from Pine Bluff who died April 20. He was 77 years old. Among those remembering his life -- members of the Arkansas delegation, as well as fellow political leaders from across the nation. They gathered for a moment of silence Wednesday in honor of Dickey. Arkansas Congressman… Read more »

Today, the House passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, a first step in fixing the current health care law. H.R. 1628 would repeal both the individual and employer mandates prescribed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while ensuring the federal government provides necessary protections and funding for lower-income Americans and providing coverage for those with pre-existing… Read more »