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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the House Financial Services Committee selected Congressmen French Hill (AR-02) to serve as the Ranking Member of the newly formed Task Force on Financial Technology (FinTech), and the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI). “The landscape for financial services has changed substantially over the past decade,” said Congressman Hill. “I look forward to working on the Task Forces to foster innovation for both disruptive innovators and incumbent financial players. The u... Read more

Congressman French Hill Republicans support preserving protections for those with preexisting conditions May 9, 2019 Fixing our broken healthcare system continues to be one of the top priorities I hear about from Arkansans. Let’s get something straight once and for all: Republicans support preserving protections for those with preexisting conditions. Anyone saying otherwise is not being honest. One of the very first votes in Congress this year was on a Republican measure to lock in protections f... Read more

FRENCH HILL: USMCA is Good for Americans By French Hill in The ADG In these pages on Feb. 2, 2018, I outlined the importance of the Trump administration's successfully updating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and enhancing the benefits to Arkansans in the form of expanded export sales and growth in jobs. Just over a year later, President Trump's U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, has submitted to Congress the draft of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ... Read more

Crypto-Friendly US Congress Members Join New Fintech Task Force Yahoo Finance 05/09/2019 The U.S. House of Representatives is launching a new task force aimed specifically at financial technology – including blockchain. The new task force, referred to as the FinTech Task Force, was established by the House Financial Services Committee by a voice vote Thursday, and will examine blockchain and cryptocurrency tools, among others. The task force will be headed up by Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch.... Read more

Click HERE or on the picture above to watch the full interview with Congressman Hill on Morning Joe. WASHINGTON D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) joined MSNBC's Morning Joe to talk about the latest developments on trade talks with China, and why America's strong economy puts the United States in a position of strength during these negotiations. Key excerpts below: "For over two decades, we've tried to get the Chinese to come forward and make structural changes in their economy. ... Read more

Hill, Fitzpatrick take aim against foreign opioid traffickers By The Ripon Advance U.S. Reps. French Hill (R-AR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on May 2 introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act to impose penalties on foreign traffickers of illicit opioids. “We can’t allow more families to be destroyed by the opioid crisis, which is killing more than 130 Americans every day,” Rep. Hill said last week. “Targeting the source of the world’s largest producers and distributors of fentanyl will b... Read more

WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) named the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as the latest recipient of the Golden Fleece Award for its failure, as the regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to uphold the congressionally mandated pay cap of $600,000 in compensation for chief executive officers. "It is unconscionable that GSEs would seek to circumvent the reasonable limits that Congress has imposed after they needed to be bailed ... Read more

This week, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on H.R. 9, a bill to prohibit President Trump from pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. Here is why I voted no on this bill: I recently returned from a meeting in Tokyo where members of Congress and Japanese officials discussed the north Asian security situation, our plans for a bilateral trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan, and finally the importance of continued progress on develop... Read more

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement opposing H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, a bill that would prevent President Trump from withdrawing the United States from the Obama Administration’s expensive commitments under the Paris Climate Accord: “The president pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord because the agreement did not meet the objectives of reducing carbon emissions, or accomplishing any reduction in projected global... Read more

WASHINGTON D.C. — In light of the dramatic rise in devastating fentanyl overdose deaths, Congressmen French Hill (R-Ark.), Max Rose (D-N.Y.), Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act—the first-ever fentanyl sanctions effort in the House of Representatives—that would apply pressure on the Chinese government to honor their commitment to make all fentanyl illegal and provide the United States with more tools and resources to go ... Read more