Transcript: Rep. French Hill on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 8, 2026

November 8, 2026 / 2:22 PM EST / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 8, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Republican Congressman French Hill. He is currently the chairman of the Financial Services Committee, and he joins us from Little Rock, Arkansas. Good morning to you, Congressman. You survived a tough race down in, in Arkansas, usually ruby red. You finished just over 4000 votes ahead of your Democratic rival. What went wrong for so many other of your Republican colleagues here?

REP. FRENCH HILL: Well, Margaret, it's good to be with you. It was a very complicated, tough election cycle this year. Look, we told the American people in 2024 that we'd secure the border, we'd make our communities safer. We would lead in the world, but we also told the American people that we would continue to fight to lower costs. And I think what we saw, no matter how many efforts that we made in the Republican House, that Americans are still concerned about the impact of 20% inflation that they experienced during…

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