Representative French Hill statement on House Financial Services Committee Chairmanship

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the Steering Committee elected him to be the next Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

"I am humbled that my colleagues have placed their trust in me to lead the House Financial Services Committee as their next Chairman. It was a privilege to join my exceptional colleagues, Representatives Andy Barr, Bill Huizenga, and Frank Lucas, in sharing our visions for this committee.

"I look forward to working alongside Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, and our whole leadership team as we work in tandem with President Trump and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott to bring common-sense economic policies that will produce a new era of American prosperity shared by all our citizens across our land."

Congressional Hostage Task Force Co-chairs Hill and Stevens lead letter to State Department to disincentivize hostage taking

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Co-Chairs of the Hostage Task Force in the House, led a letter together to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to develop additional tools to disincentivize wrongful detention, hostage taking, and discourage Americans from traveling to hostile nations.

In their letter, Rep. Hill and Rep. Stevens summarize four policy suggestions, which include forming joint penalties with allies against states that take hostages, developing a formal determination and designation of hostage-taking nations, using existing authority to restrict travel by U.S. citizens to nations that routinely take Americans, and strongly encouraging travelers to countries with a Level 4 Travel Warning to register with their local embassy and work with TSA to develop informational materials at airports.

To read the lawmakers’ full letter, please visit HERE:

Dear Secretary Blinken, We write to commend your work in helping to accomplish the largest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War and bringing home Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and fourteen other Americans, Russians and Europeans imprisoned in Russia to their families. This deal underscores that too many of our fellow Americans are increasingly being wrongfully detained and held hostage by hostile governments and terror groups which treat our citizens as disposable geopolitical bargaining chips.

We recognize and applaud the important and difficult advances made across the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations through the issuance of PPD-30 in 2015 and the passage of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recover and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act in 2020. The success of a multinational approach with Russia in this particular instance should be formalized more broadly to disincentivize wrongful detention and hostage taking. We were pleased to see the initial progress made with the signing of the 2021 Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-toState Relations to disincentivize wrongful detention and hostage taking. Sharing of data and best practices amongst like-minded nations is an important first step.

Even so, the United States Government must do more. The taking of Americans as hostages continues despite significant action taken by the last three administrations to prevent this. In addition, we fear an increasing number of Americans will be taken abroad in future years unless the State Department develops additional tools to disincentivize these practices and more effectively discourages Americans from placing themselves in harms way in the first place.

We must build on our progress to disincentivize wrongful detention and hostage taking. As such, we urge you to:

1. Promote and coordinate ways to impose joint penalties with our allies and partners against states and individuals involved in hostage taking and wrongful detention, with the goal of concluding a declaration to urge multilateral sanctions against those credibly shown to have wrongfully detained a person.

2. Develop a formal rubric to determine and designate states as Hostage-Taking Nations. The United States should impose countermeasures against those states’ officials and diplomats (and their immediate family members), including restricting the travel radius for any officials visiting the United States on diplomatic visas. These restrictions could be tightened or loosened as Americans are either wrongfully detained or released from the custody of such nations, creating a carrot along with a stick.

3. Utilize the Secretary of State’s existing authority to restrict travel of U.S. citizens in the event of severe risks to their health and safety, recognizing that the existing waiver process provides for flexibility in this process. We are concerned by the growing number of Americans who require the assistance of the U.S. government to be evacuated or released from detention in countries already on the State Department’s Level 4 Travel Warning list. Unfortunately, many U.S. travelers either ignore these warnings or perhaps do not see them in the first place. We applaud the Department’s continued use of this authority since 2018 to restrict U.S. travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea after the horrific detention and abuse of Otto Warmbier which resulted in his death. Such an added burden to travel would help discourage our citizens from taking unnecessary risks traveling to other known dangerous countries.

4. Strongly discourage American travelers whose final destination is a country with a Level 4 Travel Warning from traveling during their flight booking process and strongly encourage such travelers to register with the local embassy. Specifically, the State Department should consider partnering with the Transportation Security Administration to develop a system that could include elements such as posters in airports or informational briefings and acknowledgements of risks. The Department should also collect, analyze, and learn from U.S. visa data to better develop strategies to discourage Americans from traveling to the countries we warn them against visiting. This data should inform us whether our efforts to prevent such travel are succeeding or failing.

We cannot only be reactive to the growing plight of Americans taken abroad - the United States must take strong and decisive action now to prevent this stream of wrongful detentions and hostage-takings from turning into a flood. We stand ready to work with you to implement any of these initiatives.

We request a briefing on the Department’s plans to address these recommendations by 45 days from October 2, 2024.

Representive French Hill introduces resolution demanding Nigerian Government release Tigran Gambaryan

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and Rep. Rich McCormick (GA-06) introduced a resolution demanding that the Nigerian government immediately release U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan.

Rep. Hill said, “After visiting recently with Tigran at Kuje Prison in Nigeria, I noted that his health is deteriorating. I am proud to join my friend and Mr. Gambaryan’s Congressman, Rep. Rich McCormick, in leading this resolution and sending a signal to the Nigerian government that he must be immediately granted a release, the remaining charges dropped, and return home to America where he belongs.”

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Rep. McCormick said, "The continued detention of Tigran Gambaryan in Nigeria is a clear violation of his rights and a grave injustice. We urge the Nigerian government to immediately release him and provide him with the necessary medical care and due process rights. The United States Government must do everything in its power to secure the release of one of our citizens wrongfully detained abroad."

Further Background:

H.Res. 1348: This resolution urges the Nigerian government to immediately release Tigran Gambaryan from imprisonment. Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and former federal agent, has been detained in Nigeria since February 2024 on fabricated charges including tax evasion and money laundering.

Representative French Hill fights to secure our border and defend our nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2025 Homeland Security, State and Foreign Operations, and Defense Appropriations bills:

“Border security is not a partisan issue – it is a national security issue. As the crisis at our southwest border rages on, we are witnessing the highest level of illegal migrants to ever enter our nation – including individuals on the terror watchlist who are bringing drugs, crime, and economic instability across the country. This poses a national security threat that must be addressed, just like we also must handle the growing threat of our foreign adversaries like China, Russia, and North Korea.

“I was proud to support the FY25 Homeland Security, State and Foreign Operations, and Defense Appropriations bills which provide commonsense funding to sustain 22,000 Border Patrol agents, multiple initiatives to combat the flow of fentanyl, support our allies abroad as they defend their freedom, and provide necessary salary increases for our brave service members who sacrifice everything to defend our nation. These bills follow the spending caps and cuts agreed to in the Fiscal Responsibility Act negotiated in 2023. I will continue to fight in Congress to safeguard Arkansan and American values and protect the security of our great nation.”

Further Background:

H.R. 8752 - Fiscal Year 2025 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security to invest in methods of securing our border, defending our country, and putting an end to the flow of illegal migrants.

H.R. 8771 - Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act: This bill provides funding to the State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs to protect our national security, safeguard our economic interests, support our allies and partners, and promote democracy and freedom abroad.

H.R. 8774 - Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act: This bill provides funding to the Department of Defense to modernize our defensive capabilities, protect our national security, and invest in new ways to counter China and other threats. This bill also increases the pay for all service members by 4.5% and increases the pay for all junior service members by 15%. 

Representative French Hill announces recipients of the 2024 Education Achievement Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today announced the high school recipients of his 2024 Education Achievement Award. There were 38 honorees throughout central Arkansas this year.

“I am proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Education Achievement Award. These bright students have worked tirelessly towards success in their studies and in their communities. I am inspired by the success and determination shown by each of these students and I wish them the best in all their future endeavors.” 

2024 Education Awards:

 Kady Beth Jacks (Bauxite High School), Caden Treat (Bauxite High School), Isabel Butler (Benton High School), Kaleb Marshall (Benton High School), Bennett Wilson (Bigelow High School), Maricka Farr (Bryant High School), Cole Giompoletti (Bryant High School), Laiken Cornett (Concord High School), Josey Sutherland (Concord High School), Annalise Montgomery (Conway High School), Avery Ferguson (Conway High School), Matthew Vano (Episcopal Collegiate), Willow Wagner (Episcopal Collegiate), Chanley Wood (Greenbrier High School), Kyla Hinton (Greenbrier High School), Lexie Wells (Harmony Grove High School), Tristen Hogan (Harmony Grove High School), Yahya Younus (Little Rock Central High School), Jadon Sanders (Little Rock Central High School), Khushi Patil (Little Rock Central High School), Ally Ballard (Little Rock Christian Academy), Kaiden Fox (Little Rock Christian Academy), Christian McGill (Maumelle Charter High School), Kerrigan Quast (Maumelle Charter High School), Bailey Mason (Maumelle High School), Victoria Barksdale (Mayflower High School), Aarya Patel (Morrilton High School), Julie Russell (Morrilton High School), Annabelle Angtuaco (Mount St. Mary Academy), Elizabeth Hunter (Mount St. Mary Academy), Rylee Ramsey (Pangburn High School), Cole Ramsey (Pangburn High School), Macey Chambers (Perryville High School), Zava Payne (Perryville High School), Jack Lowenthal (Pulaski Academy), Brooke Beckemeyer (Pulaski Academy), Reid Brafford (Shirley High School), Abigail Hensley (Shirley High School). 

Further Background:

 The Education Achievement Award is available to one senior and one junior from each high school in the Second Congressional District, nominated by either their counselor or principal. This award is designed to recognize those students who have shown a commitment to high academic achievement, as well as contributions to their schools and communities. Students were selected based on these qualifications: 

• Academics: Achievement of at least 3.5/4.0 GPA (or the equivalent)

• Community Service: Demonstrated commitment to the betterment of one’s community through projects with, for example, Scouting groups, Student Government Association, other volunteer organizations, etc.

• Leadership & Teamwork: Demonstrated leadership and teamwork through, for example, extracurricular activities such as athletic teams, school clubs, etc.

Representative Hill provisions included in package fighting against foreign adversaries and strengthening national security

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after three of his bills passed the House as part of significant, strategic, and critical legislation to support U.S. allies Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. 

“As our allies in Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan face threats against their freedom, providing U.S. aid was dire. Russia’s Vladimir Putin will not stop until he takes Ukraine, China’s Xi Jingping seeks to follow Putin’s aggressive and illegal footsteps in his pursuit of Taiwan, and Iran and Iran-backed terror groups are relentless in their attacks against our strongest Middle East ally, Israel. 

“It should be brutally obvious that Putin is responsible for the destruction his army has caused in Ukraine and bears the sole burden of paying for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The REPO Act that House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10) and I authored was a crucial part of our assistance to Ukraine as it allows Russian sovereign assets held in the United States to be converted for Ukraine’s reconstruction – all while saving U.S. taxpayer money. 

“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a transnational drug kingpin who exploits his dangerous drug captagon to generate billions in illicit funding and devastate families in Syria and in the region. It is crucial that we take further action to disrupt and dismantle the proliferation of captagon as it fuels Assad’s terror partnership with the Iranian regime and before it makes its way west to American shores. My bill, the Illicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act, does exactly that by directly targeting and sanctioning those involved with the proliferation of captagon. 

“Iran is the top state sponsor of terrorism and profits from their alliances with other terror regimes in the region, and the citizens of Iran deserve transparency about their corrupt, authoritarian leaders. While most of the population lives in poverty, Iranian leaders are focused on funding terrorism and enriching themselves. My bill, the Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act, exposes the finances of Iran’s theocratic leaders and cracks down on the financial institutions that facilitate Iran’s terror. 

“I am pleased that Speaker Johnson and House Leadership secured the important passage of my bills and crucial supplemental aid to our allies today – the world was watching, and we delivered.”  

Further Background: 

H.R. 8038 - 21st Century Peace through Strength Act: This legislation includes three of Rep. Hill’s bills:

• H.R. 4175 - Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians (REPO) Act: This legislation would utilize Russian assets to pay for the Ukrainian current financing gap and long-term reconstruction by giving the U.S. President the authority to seize, transfer, or vest Russian assets within U.S. jurisdiction into an international fund for the sole purpose of Ukraine’s eventual reconstruction.

• H.R. 6245 - Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act: This legislation would expose the finances of Iran’s authoritarian and theocratic leaders and crack down on financial institutions that maintain accounts in connection with those funds.

• H.R. 4681 - Illicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act: This legislation would issue new, direct sanctions against the perpetrators who illicitly produce and traffic captagon.

H.R.8035 - Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: This bill would provide $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine for defense purposes. $48.3 billion (79%) of this total will fund the U.S. defense industrial base. 

H.R.8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: This bill would provide $26.38 billion to support Israel as it defends itself Iran and Iran-backed terror groups such as Hamas. It also would reimburse U.S. military operations in response to the recent attacks. 

H.R.8036 - Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: This bill would provide $8.12 billion to assist Taiwan as they continue their efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party and ensure strong deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

Congressional candidate Jones forming veterans group, names Hollingsworth first campaign chair

by Steve Brawner (BRAWNERSTEVE@MAC.COM)

Marcus Jones, the retired U.S. Army colonel running as a Democrat to replace U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he would support veterans in Congress and announced he was creating a Veterans for Marcus group.

Jones made the announcement at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History March 28. He also announced that Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth would be his first named campaign chair. The campaign plans to name others later.

Jones said there are 45,000 veterans in the 2nd District, which he said means there are more than 100,000 military-associated voters when their families are taken into account.

Congressional candidate Jones forming veterans group, names Hollingsworth first campaign chair

Release: Representative Hill Statement on Completing FY2024 funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) today released the following statement after the House passed the remaining six appropriations bills and finished FY2024 appropriations.

“Two weeks ago, House Republicans locked in the first overall cut to non-defense spending in almost a decade, keeping the first group of appropriations bills in line with the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) – saving hardworking Americans $2.6 trillion over the next ten years. Today, we passed the second group of bills which cut wasteful spending while strongly funding our national defense. 

“We secured increased defense spending and a 5.2% pay raise for our troops, which will directly benefit our brave service members at Little Rock Air Force Base. Further, this year’s budget includes nearly $300 million to formally establish the F-35 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Pilot Training Center in Fort Smith, which is projected to have up to a $1 billion annual economic impact for Arkansas. 

“We also secured other wins, including $3.3 billion in support for Israel, defunding United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for a number of its employees being involved in Hamas’ October 7th terrorist attack in Israel, clawing back $4.3 billion in unneeded COVID-19 funding, providing funding for 22,000 Border Patrol agents which is in line with H.R. 2, and increasing overtime pay for Border Patrol agents. 

“The bills we passed today reflect crucial cuts that will lead to a decrease in the budget deficit, which were negotiated almost one year ago. Before the FRA, our budget deficits were projected to be $20.3 trillion over the next ten years. Now that we’ve secured FRA spending levels, deficit projections declined to $18.9 trillion over the next ten years. While there is still much work to be done to address our debt and deficit, the win we achieved today amidst divided government is a step in the right direction. 

“As we begin FY25 funding, I urge Speaker Johnson and House leadership to build on this momentum and move our appropriations process along so we can complete our work in a timely manner that reflects how our process is intended to be.”

Further Background:

H. Res. - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY24: This funding includes the following appropriations bills:

• Defense

• Financial Services and General Government

• Legislative Branch

• Homeland Security

• Labor, Health and Human Services, Education

• State and Foreign Operations

Arkansas congressional delegation approve of bill that would force sale of Tik Tok

KUAR | By Ronak Patel

Last week, the Arkansas congressional delegation voted in support of a bill that passed the House that would force Tik Tok, a Chinese company, to sell to an American company, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

In a press release, U.S Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he voted for the bill because of concerns he has related to how the data collected from the app is being handled.

“There is no separation between national security and the state when it comes to the CCP. TikTok is using CCP dominated technology that is being leveraged to gather massive amounts of data on American citizens, posing a major national security risk. We must protect Americans from the growing threat of the CCP by requiring the sale of TikTok to an American company. Whether TikTok remains on the phones of Americans or not is now up to TikTok’s owner, Chinese headquartered ByteDance,” Hill said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which would protect central Arkansans and Americans from national security risks posed by applications owned by our foreign adversaries. 

“This is not about targeting TikTok – my vote today was about protecting central Arkansans and Americans from surveillance and manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). There is no separation between national security and the state when it comes to the CCP. TikTok is using CCP dominated technology that is being leveraged to gather massive amounts of data on American citizens, posing a major national security risk. We must protect Americans from the growing threat of the CCP by requiring the sale of TikTok to an American company. Whether TikTok remains on the phones of Americans or not is now up to TikTok’s owner, Chinese headquartered ByteDance.” 

Further Background:

 H.R. 7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act: This bill prohibits applications controlled by foreign adversaries of the United States from being distributed, maintained or updated by online app stores and allows the President to require divestment of an application’s foreign adversary-controlled company ownership or face prohibition on app stores and access to web hosting services in the United States. 

For more details on this bill, please visit HERE.

Release: Reps. Hill, Caraveo, and Senators Schmitt, Duckworth introduce the Taiwan and America Space Assistant act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), alongside Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Taiwan and America Space Assistance Act of 2024 – otherwise known as the TASA Act – to help address current gaps in our nation’s ability to further cooperate with and support Taiwan’s efforts in space. 

“With the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) still in its infancy, our bill would allow NASA and NOAA to cooperate with Taiwan on civilian space activities, including satellite, space exploration, and atmospheric and weather programs. Allowing our agencies to collaborate with TASA demonstrates to China the strength of American and Taiwanese cooperation and the United States’ commitment to working with our partners in the region. As Taiwan builds up their space agency, American support and partnerships encourages Taiwan to continue investing in their own space capabilities,” said Rep. Hill. 

“The Taiwan Space Agency has demonstrated a clear long-term commitment to space exploration, and the United States should welcome those efforts through bilateral cooperation. The TASA Act would allow NASA and NOAA to work in concert with the Taiwan Space Agency while also demonstrating to Indo-Pacific regional allies – as well as the United States’ top competitor, China – that we remain focused on advancing national security through international partnership. Both the U.S. and Taiwan stand to gain key insights by working together in the realm of space exploration, cooperating on weather programs, and collaborating to develop the next generation of satellite technology,” said Rep. Caraveo. 

“As the world and technology have advanced in recent years, space is now at the forefront of ensuring our national security and strengthening our coalitions abroad. Taiwan’s location in the Indo-Pacific is vital to the United States’ national defense and the safety of other countries in the region. U.S. cooperation with Taiwan in the space domain – especially for advancements in satellite capabilities and operations – affords the United States the ability to gain key insight into space functions in the region while also further expanding our lines of communication with an important ally. The TASA Act would allow the United States to exchange expertise with Taiwan, share in technological findings in space exploration and satellite operations, and take important steps towards securing international partnerships against the malign influences of China, our chief adversary,” said Sen. Schmitt. 

“With the constant expansion of new, innovative technology for space exploration and satellite operations and the United States’ leadership in this sector, it’s as crucial as ever that we work with our partners in the Indo-Pacific to advance and prosper. I’m proud to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral Taiwan and America Space Assistance Act of 2024 alongside my colleagues to help our nation work with Taiwan to utilize new technologies and improve our work in the space domain," said Sen. Duckworth.

Further Background:

• As it currently stands under the U.S. government’s “One China Policy,” NASA does not have the authority to work with the Taiwan Space Agency for various space endeavors. TASA would not only give NASA that authority, but it would also instruct NASA to work with Taiwan in areas of mutual benefit, including satellite programs, space exploration programs, and atmospheric and weather programs.

• The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) is a relatively new organization and was created on January 20, 2022. The creation of TASA marked a prioritization of Taiwan’s involvement in the space domain—coupled with an announcement in 2019 of $25.1 billion over the next decade to grow the nation’s commercial space capabilities.

• Taiwan is rapidly trying to build out an organization that can domestically produce and launch its own satellites.

• The TASA Act will create a vital partnership for the U.S. and NASA in the Indo-Pacific and allow Taiwan to gain essential knowledge and expertise from NASA to further its space capabilities.

• Specifically, the TASA Act would:

  • Allow for extended cooperation between the Taiwan Space Agency and NASA

  • Allow for extended cooperation between the Taiwan Space Agency and NOAA

  • Provide an avenue for the voluntary exchange of personnel from NASA and NOAA to the Taiwan Space Agency to further advance Taiwan’s space capabilities.

  • Extend cooperation in areas of satellite program development, space exploration, as well as atmospheric and weather programs.

Cotton leads 22 members of Congress in court challenge to fight Biden Administration’s investor surveillance scheme

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with 21 of his colleagues in Congress, yesterday filed an amicus brief in American Securities Association and Citadel Securities v. SEC in the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals, challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed funding scheme for its Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). The CAT would collect vast amounts of private information of every American investor, including any American with a retirement account, without any suggestion of wrongdoing by the investor. Because Congress never authorized or provided funding for the CAT, the SEC’s proposed scheme would force the investors themselves to pay to be surveilled, increasing their costs, and invading their privacy all at once.

“The SEC never brought this proposal before Congress to request funds because the Biden administration knows the program is a gross overreach that would suck up the personal data of millions of law-abiding Americans. More than that, the SEC has shown it is incapable of safely storing sensitive data. This program needs to be killed before it begins,” said Senator Cotton.

The amicus brief may be found here.

The following members of Congress also signed the brief:

Sen. John Boozman (R-Arkansas)

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Indiana)

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota)

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana)

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee)

Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana)

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas)

Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska)

Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina)

Rep. Mark Alford (Missouri-04)

Rep. Don Bacon (Nebraska-02)

Rep. Mike Collins (Georgia-10)

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (Wisconsin-05)

Rep. French Hill (Arkansas-02)

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Georgia-11)

Rep. Alex X. Mooney (West Virginia-02)

Rep. Ralph Norman (South Carolina-05)

Rep. John Rose (Tennessee-06)

Rep. Keith Self (Texas-03)

Rep. Randy Weber (Texas-14)

Rep. Steve Womack (Arkansas-03)

U.S Rep. French Hill provides update on his trip to Ukraine

KUAR | By Ronak Patel

Last month, U.S Rep. French Hill of Arkansas’ Second Congressional District visited Ukraine. In an interview with Arkansas PBS, Hill said he wanted to get a better understanding of what was happening with the war and find out how military aid was being used.

"As I evaluate President Biden’s request for additional aid for Ukraine, this visit in country will inform me as to the most effective use of further funding for Ukraine as they continue their defense of their nation against Russian aggression,” Hill said in a press release.

There are members of Hill’s party, the Republicans, who are reluctant to provide more aid. Hill said those members are reluctant to support more aid because they believe Europe needs to provide more aid.

U.S Rep. French Hill provides update on his trip to Ukraine

Office Of Congressman French Hill

U.S Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, spoke about his recent trip to Ukraine. He said he made the trip with fellow lawmakers to get a better understanding of what was happening in Ukraine.

Retired Army Col. Marcus Jones to challenge U.S. Rep. French Hill

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Marcus Jones, a retired Army Colonel, said Tuesday (Oct. 17) he will run as a Democrat to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock.

“French Hill isn’t a bad guy, he’s just the wrong guy,” Jones said. “Arkansas is the best state in the country. We shouldn’t be stagnating. My years of service protecting our nation compel me to run for this position, because we can do better.

“As our congressman, I will fight to ensure every hard-working Arkansan can achieve their God-given potential. Together, we will build a fair system that doesn’t knock you down every time you get a little bit ahead. We will win this race by ignoring the chaos in Washington and focusing on the issues that matter most to our families here in Central Arkansas.”

Retired Army Col. Marcus Jones to challenge U.S. Rep. French Hill