French Hill chairs the House Financial Services Committee, where he writes the rules for banks, crypto firms and predatory lenders. Eighteen of his top twenty donors are the exact financial corporations his committee is supposed to regulate, and he takes eleven times more cash from the finance and insurance lobby than the average member of Congress. Only two percent of his funding comes from everyday grassroots donors.
French Hill works for Wall Street billionaires, not Arkansas
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