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French Hill Has Eyes

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee joins Puck’s Power Breakfast series to walk through his ambitious legislative agenda: the stalemate over crypto, sticking points on housing reform, Republican reservations about the president’s immigration banking order, and his complicated position on Ukraine.

French Hill
French Hill at the Puck Power Breakfast in Washington DC, June 3rd, 2026. in Washington, DC. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Puck
Leigh Ann Caldwell
June 5, 2026

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On Wednesday morning, Rep. French Hill sat down for our latest Puck Power Breakfast with a lot on his mind. Last summer, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, the Arkansas Republican ushered through two bipartisan crypto bills—the Genius Act and the Clarity Act. But the latter piece of legislation has hit a snag in the Senate, where Democrats are protesting the lack of ethics guardrails surrounding President Trump’s own crypto empire.