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Representative French Hill (AR-2) issued the following statement after the House passed the Hire More Heroes Act (H.R. 22) by a bipartisan vote of 412 – 0:

“I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this bipartisan bill that eases the burden of Obamacare’s harmful employer mandate while incentivizing businesses to hire more veterans and providing essential employment opportunities for our nation’s heroes.” 

Over eight million veterans are currently enrolled in health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The Hire More Heroes Act would ensure that veterans who have health care coverage through the VA or DoD are not counted toward Obamacare’s employer mandate, which requires businesses with at least 50 full-time employees to provide them with health insurance. 

About Congressman French Hill

French Hill, 58, is the 22^nd Member of Congress to represent central Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.  A ninth generation Arkansan, he was elected on November 4, 2014, and will serve on the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services for the 114^th Congress.  Prior to his Congressional service, Mr. Hill was actively engaged in the Arkansas business community for two decades as a commercial banker and investment manager, and was founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Delta Trust & Banking Corp in Little Rock.

Prior to his community banking work in Arkansas, Mr. Hill served as a senior official in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Prior to his Executive Branch Service, from 1982-84, Mr. Hill served on the staff of then-U.S. Senator John Tower (R-TX) as well as on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs.

Mr. Hill is a magna cum laude graduate in Economics from Vanderbilt University.  He is married to the former Martha McKenzie of Dallas, Texas, and they have a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth McKenzie Hill, and a son, William Payne Hill.  The Hill family resides in Little Rock.