District Update | June 24, 2019 Click here if you have trouble viewing this email Dear Friends, As a father of two, I’ve seen how important it is for children to have enough nutritious food to eat in order to lead healthy, active lives. Unfortunately, Arkansas currently ranks #3 in the nation in childhood hunger. One in four Arkansas children are food insecure, meaning they are not sure when or where their next meal will come from. This is unacceptable, and should be a challenge all Arkansans m...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Bloomberg Law previewed the work of Congressman French Hill (AR-02) as the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Task Force on Financial Technology (FinTech). The article highlights the goals of the task forces, which includes holding virtual field hearings featuring technologists, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders from across the country. Congressman Hill described the mission of the two Task For...
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House Financial Services A.I. Task Force Mulls Virtual Hearings Bloomberg 06/21/2019 A House task force on artificial intelligence has some high tech plans of its own. The task force hopes to mix traditional hearings with virtual field hearings featuring technologists, entrepreneurs and other experts from across the country. Don’t expect the focus to be on C Suite executives, either. “My goal in this is not so much to drag in the CEOs and get viral video moments” but instead to talk to the peopl...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John Boozman and Senator Tom Cotton—along with Congressman French Hill, Congressman Rick Crawford, Congressman Steve Womack and Congressman Bruce Westerman—announced that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Centers will open in Arkansas. The following locations will be able to help Arkansans impacted by flooding: Perry County Opening at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 First Assembly of God 2151 Arkansas Highway 60 Houston, AR 72070 Monday through S...
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Arkansas legislators announce FEMA disaster recovery centers NWA 06/20/2019 Arkansas’ legislators announced FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers. U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman, announced that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Centers will open in Arkansas. The following locations will be able to help Arkansans impacted by flooding: Perry County Opening at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) recently joined Mornings with Maria on the Fox Business Network to discuss the latest developments on trade negotiations with China. Congressman Hill argued that in order to restructure longstanding trade disagreements, the United States must collaborate with our allies and use our strong economic position to leverage China into ending intellectual property theft and opening more markets to American products. Key excerpts below: Restructuring an...
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Rep. Hill hosts bankers meeting on Dodd-Frank, marijuana impact By TB&P Rep. French Hill hosted an all-day discussion Monday (June 17) at the local offices of the Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) to hear concerns about key legislative and regulatory issues facing Arkansas’ financial and banking community. Hill, a former Little Rock banking executive and ranking Republican member of the House Committee on Financial Services, said he held the Arkansas Bankers roundtable so he could meet with Ark...
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U.S. Labor Chief Acosta visits Little Rock to push USMCA trade deal Talk Business and Politics 06/17/2019 U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told more than 100 state and local officials in Little Rock on Monday (June 17) that congressional approval of the Trump administration’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade pact (USMCA) is paramount for the continued growth of U.S. jobs. Acosta made his comments before a standing-room only audience at the downtown headquarters of the Arkansas State Chamber of Comm...
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C&H Hog Farms takes state buyout; $6.2M deal cut to preserve Buffalo River By ADG C&H Hog Farms, the subject of yearslong environmental concerns, will close its doors later this year under a $6.2 million buyout agreement reached with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst. The large-scale hog farm that sits within the watershed of the Buffalo National River has 180 days from Thursday to cease operations. After that, the Arkansas Department of Enviro...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced an agreement with C&H Hog Farms, Incorporated to cease operations of the 6,500-pig feeding facility located on a major tributary of the Buffalo National River: “I welcome Governor Hutchinson’s announcement of a mutually satisfactory arrangement with C&H Hog Farms to cease operations. In my view, the initial approval of this large-scale operation near the sen...
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