Washington, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick applauding the administration for its strong leadership in reforming the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and urging continued efforts to ensure taxpayer dollars are used efficiently to expand reliable internet access across Arkansas and the United… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’ commitment to advancing religious freedom abroad and calling attention to countries recommended by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for placement on the State Department’s Special Watch List (SWL) due to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hill (AR-02) and his co-leads — Rep. Gottheimer (NJ-05), Rep. Kean Jr. (NJ-07), Rep. Lawler (NY-17), and Rep. Moskowitz (FL-23) — released the following statements after the House Committee on Foreign Affairs advanced legislation that included language from their bill, H.R. 4179, the Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025. This language was… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, by a vote of 217-212.
Rep. Hill said, “The House and Senate Appropriations Committees are working hard to restore regular order after years of failure under the Democrats. This short-term CR gives both… Read more »
In 1958, former Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan, paraphrasing a remark from Winston Churchill four years earlier, left us with the great expression: “jaw-jaw is better than war-war.”
It’s because of our great power that our rivals seek to wound the American way of life through war, cyber-attacks, or economic destruction. We certainly must, and should, routinely jaw-jaw… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) voted for H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery (SPEED) and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, which passed the House with a bipartisan vote of 231-196. The bill supports our military personnel and families, strengthens our national defense, modernizes our… Read more »
Throughout September, my team will be hosting Mobile Office Days across central Arkansas to help constituents with federal agencies. Here are the dates for September. For more information, call my office at 501-324-5941.
Sonic in Heber Springs
Wednesday, September 17
10:00am - 3:00pm
1428 Highway 25B
Heber Springs, AR 72543
Sonic in Perryville
Wednesday, September 24th… Read more »
This week, Rep. French Hill’s amendment to highlight the Little Red River’s application to the Sustainable Rivers Program passed the House unanimously. Rep. Hill introduced an amendment to H.R. 4553, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, which provides critical funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy through… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) named Amtrak as the latest recipient of his Golden Fleece Award for its persistent financial mismanagement and failure to meet its mandate as a self-sustaining passenger rail company. Since its creation in 1971, Amtrak has received more than $100 billion in federal subsidies yet has never once turned a profit. In fiscal year 2024… Read more »
by Rep. French Hill
Log Cabin Democrat
Aug. 27, 2025
Nearly nine decades ago, the Depression-era jobs programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), started work on one of Arkansas’s most iconic outdoor spots, the Lake Sylvia Recreation Area. In 1936, the CCC began planning the recreation area, including the construction of the… Read more »
