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U.S. Rep. French Hill Takes NFIB's Small Business Challenge in Greenbrier By NFIB U.S. Rep. French Hill (2nd District) visited Viper Industrial Products in Greenbrier on Aug. 2 to take the NFIB Small Business Challenge. The Small Business Challenge is a national campaign that invites lawmakers to spend a day “on the job” at a small business in their community and allows them to experience firsthand the challenges small-business owners face, including day-to-day management, compliance, and tax is... Read more

Conway veteran honored with medals By Eden Corley Conway veteran Guy “Buddy” Carr received replacement medals he’d earned during his service in Korea. Congressman French Hill awarded Carr the medals during a ceremony held at Brookdale Senior Living on Friday. “We love celebrating [our veterans’s] service and one of the nicest, most touching ways to do that is to reunite a veteran with their medals,” Hill said. Carr enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in December of 1950 and was trained to be a turret... Read more

3 Arkansas leaders to work on farm bill By Frank Lockwood Hill honors veteran, retiring professor U.S. Rep. French Hill has returned to central Arkansas for the August recess. But before heading out of Washington, he paid tribute to two of his constituents on the House floor. In one speech, he congratulated R.D. Kinsey "on becoming the first African-American to be elected as commander of the American Legion Department of Arkansas." Kinsey, a Vietnam-era veteran, was elected to the post on June 2... Read more

Little Rock, Arkansas – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after being awarded 2018 Tom Dillard Advocacy Award by the Arkansas Historical Association. Hill said, “I’m thankful for this recognition, and I appreciate the Arkansas Historical Association’s continuous advocacy and support for the preservation of our state’s history. As a ninth-generation Arkansan, I value the study of our history because the lessons learned from the past better prepare us for the future. W... Read more

Congress on Crypto: Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? By Spectator On July 18, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services conducted its second hearing on digital currencies with an almost exclusive focus on cryptocurrency. Chairman Andy Barr (R-KY) focused the committee on two questions: 1) Are digital currencies going to have only a niche appeal or will they fundamentally change the economy and 2) how should the U.S approach digital currency? Over an hour and a half, the committee, if nothing... Read more

U.S. International Religious Freedom praises religious freedom in Egypt By Egypt Today CAIRO - 30 July 2018: The head and the members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) praised the tangible efforts exerted by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in preserving religious freedom in Egypt, according to Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights and International Humanitarian and Social Affairs Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin. This was during his visit to Washington, D.C., during whi... Read more

Washington news in brief: Griffin graduates from war college; Cotton voices Iran ire, Israel support; Hill berates Indian Education Bureau By Frank E. Lockwood U.S. Rep. French Hill has given his latest Golden Fleece Award to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education, alleging that it failed to fix problems at a New Mexico school despite receiving $7.5 million from the government to address the issues. The Pine Hill Schools are on the Navajo Reservation in western New Mexico... Read more

Protecting Elections (July 28th) By ADG The Washington Post article about election security funding that your newspaper republished on July 20 was misleading at best. The article said House Republicans approved a spending bill “exclude[ing] new money for election security,” but the author didn’t provide an explanation of the mechanics of the vote or state as fact that the House approved robust bipartisan funding at the level requested on July 19 to protect our elections. First, the vote itself w... Read more

Rep. French Hill Is Optimistic About Business Climate By Chron "VIDEO" The economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest GDP data. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) explains on Cheddar how the growth will shape midterm elections and what he thinks of the current job market. / Cheddar TV Read more

WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the second-quarter GDP numbers reflect strong U.S. economic growth: “We have a booming economy with more jobs available than bodies to fill them, and with our economy expanded at a 4.1 percent rate in the April to June quarter – this is the highest level in nearly four years. I'm pleased that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and regulatory reform we have worked hard to implement in the House has contributed to the healt... Read more