WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after supporting three bills this week to give Arkansans high-quality, affordable access to health care: “Arkansans deserve access to high-quality, affordable health care, and that includes giving individuals and families the tools they need to get out from under the burden of Washington-knows-best programs to take control of their own health care needs. Competition in our health care system will drive down price...
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U.S. GDP rises to 4.1%, President Trump takes credit for fastest economy expansion in four years By Wesley Brown The nation’s economic engine accelerated substantially in the second quarter as consumer and government spending, along with a spike in U.S. exports ahead of expected retaliatory tariffs, lifted real gross domestic product to 4.1%, according to the “advance” estimate released Friday (July 27). The strong reading for second quarter annual GDP, the value of goods and services produced b...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after supporting the bipartisan FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report: “This is the 57th consecutive year that House and Senate have come together in a bipartisan fashion to authorize funding for our brave men and women in uniform and their families. I was proud to support this bill that boosts our military’s readiness, combats global terrorism, and gives military personnel a much-des...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) voted for legislation to provide Arkansans access to the education they need to fill 21st Century jobs in a booming economy. Hill said: “Because of the Tax Cuts and Job Act, we are seeing more jobs available than bodies to fill them, and many of these are in the skilled trades. As the Co-Chairman of the bipartisan House Skilled American Workforce Caucus, I was proud to support this bill focuses on career education to give Arkansans access to ski...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Indian Education as the latest winner of the Golden Fleece award for failing to maintain the facilities at Pine Hill Schools in New Mexico despite being given $7.5 million taxpayer dollars for school upkeep. “I am astounded at the lack of concern demonstrated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),” said Hill. “For over five years, the BIE shirked their responsibility to protect students from p...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met yesterday to discuss U.S.-EU trade relations: “I’m pleased the president had a productive meeting with the European Commission President Juncker yesterday with both parties agreeing to hold off on further tariffs. President Trump has pledged to have a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with Europe, and it was an important meeting ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after voting for legislation to extend the current flood insurance program without critical reforms: “The current flood insurance program is unsustainable and broken. Worse, it incentivizes Americans to live and rebuild in harm’s way in dangerous, high-risk flood areas. I have long called for and supported significant structural reforms to the flood insurance program to provide consumers with more choice and inform...
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Arkansans deserve better health care By Rep. French Hill This Congress, the House has worked hard to fix problems with America’s health care system. We have repealed the Individual Mandate penalty and the death panels instituted by Obamacare, and passed the Right to Try Act, which offers terminally ill patients another route for potential help, to name a few. Obamacare, with its top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates, is a failure. It has led to decreased health care access, and increased costs. B...
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House GOP wants permanent individual tax cuts By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON — House Republicans have launched an effort to expand the massive tax law they muscled through Congress last year, aiming to make permanent the individual tax cuts and small-business income deductions now set to expire in 2026. The pre-midterm elections push, which clicked into gear Tuesday, is portrayed as championing the middle class and small businesses. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who heads the tax-writing House Ways and...
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Arkansas congressman's staff helps man break VA gridlock on disability claim By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- When you're trying to get help from the federal government and you're hitting a brick wall, Shannon Teague says, it helps to have a congressman in your corner. The Searcy resident discovered the difference a Capitol Hill ally can make after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs lost track of his application for disability benefits. Teague was injured while on duty. Eventually, he los...
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