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James French Hill is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district since January 6, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Hill has focused on issues such as economic development, healthcare, and veterans' affairs during his time in office. He has also been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at supporting small businesses and promoting job growth in Arkansas.
Once again, we are on the floor talking about the importance of the export agency to small business. It is important to small business, which is why, in the Waters-McHenry bipartisan compromise, we had a strong, well-argued, well-focused…
I thank my friend from North Carolina for yielding. I congratulate the ranking member and the chairwoman for trying to work together to produce a bipartisan bill that we can all support and demonstrate our keen interest in a long- term…
I thank my friend from Tennessee and my good friend from California for their leadership of our Veterans' Affairs Committee. They are a dynamic duo. I appreciate the opportunity to be on the floor to be in support of this list of good…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 17, after line 19, insert the following: ``(D) Access procedures.--FinCEN shall establish stringent…
I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry). Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, I appreciate my colleague for yielding. I do believe, notwithstanding the lack of warrant or subpoena, the gentleman's…
I thank the ranking member. I am grateful for the opportunity to come to the floor and talk about H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act. I want to thank my good friend from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) for her leadership in this…
I want to again thank my friend from New York for her hard work on crafting this legislation. While we have had differences along the way, it is critical that we strengthen our national security and AML BSA system and strengthen the…
May I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
I want to thank my friend from New York for her working with me on this amendment. I thank her for accepting it. And I want to thank the Chair of the full committee for its report. I want to just close and emphasize that under the law as…
Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution reads the House of Representatives ``shall have the sole power of impeachment.'' This Speaker does not have that sole power. The full House of Representatives does. Modern precedent clearly sets out…
Let me close by simply saying that we want more public companies. We want to lower the cost of being public. We want to remove barriers from being public. We do that by carefully balancing the regulatory burden to be public. This bill…
How much time do I have? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas has 2 minutes remaining.
My friend from California, I think, is making the case that this bill is confusing and a burden because we don't even know internationally if these are American jobs that were moved or not. You are just counting the people in foreign…
I want to thank the ranking member on our side for offering me time to explain my amendment. I commend my friend from Iowa for her work in this legislation. Let me make a couple of comments initially about the bill, generally. First of…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 21, insert after ``emerging growth company'' the following: ``and except as provided in paragraph…
I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arkansas will be postponed. Announcement by the Chair The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule…
I certainly enjoyed my colleague's dissertation there, much of which was a criticism of the Chief Executive of our country, when many of the same comments she made could be directed at this House and its investigation of the President--not…
I want to recognize some Arkansans who have done extraordinary things in my home district in central Arkansas. I rise today to recognize Carl Carter for being awarded the 2019 Community Service Award by the Real Estate Educators of America…
I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. McCaul) and my friend from New York (Mr. Engel) for their leadership on this issue and the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Speaker, let me be clear: I did not support the failed Obama- Kerry policy in…
I thank my friend from New Jersey very much for allowing me to speak on the subject of Hong Kong today. I rise in support of all these bills before us today, particularly the bill from my friend from New Jersey, the Hong Kong Human Rights…
Today, I rise to recognize an amazing young man from my district, Nicholas Burrell from Benton, Arkansas. Nicholas started as a Cub Scout in third grade and, at age 14, became the youngest Eagle Scout in Troop 99 in Benton. He is also a…
Today I want to rise and congratulate and thank my very good friend, Ford Overton, for his selfless service to the State of Arkansas. Ford served on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for 7 years, including serving as chairman in his…
Today I rise to reflect on the recent acts of Speaker Pelosi and other Members of the majority last week on the House floor, it was a clear and egregious violation of the rules of the House that transpired. House Members are expected to…
I thank my friend from South Carolina for yielding. He is welcome in the beautiful rice country of Arkansas to hunt ducks this fall at any time. I appreciate his leadership of the Sportsmen's Caucus, the largest bipartisan caucus we have…
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