Asa Hutchinson

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Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson discusses the health care bill under consideration by the U.S. Senate during a television news interview on the first day of the National Governor's Association meeting Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks in the governor's conference room inside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, before signing a bill moving the state's Robert E. Lee holiday to October. Until Hutchison signed the bill, Arkansas had celebrated Lee and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., on the same day in January. A portrait of Hutchinson's predecessor, Gov. Mike Beebe, hangs above the fireplace. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a news conference on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson said Monday that he wants to add a work requirement to Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal health overhaul remains unclear. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and Sen. Dave Wallace speak to the Senate Education Committee Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Little Rock about a proposal to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the state holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs a bill on the field at War Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Little Rock placing the stadium under the control of the state Parks and Tourism Department. Behind him are parks director Kane Webb, center, and state Sen. Missy Irvin, left. Hutchinson said that he would like to see the Arkansas Razorbacks continue to play football games in the stadium after a current contract expires in 2018. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Veterans and representatives from the Little Rock Rangers soccer team gather on the field at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson prepares to sign a bill transferring control of the stadium, which honors veterans, to the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department. The Rangers play their home games in the stadium, and the University of Arkansas is obligated to play football games in the stadium into 2018. Hutchinson is seeking ways to make the stadium self-sufficient. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Murphy Wardlaw watches as Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs a bill on the field at War Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Little Rock placing the stadium under the control of the state Parks and Tourism Department. Hutchinson said that he would like to see the Arkansas Razorbacks continue to play football games in the stadium after a current contract expires in 2018. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson poses for photographs inside his state Capitol conference room in Little Rock after a bill-signing ceremony for a military tax cut bill on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hutchinson said at a news conference after the ceremony that a proposal to block state funding for colleges that don't cooperate with federal immigration officials could create a "Climate of fear" for some students. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson visits with reporters at his State Capitol office in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, to discuss a bill limiting a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Arkansas Senate gave the bill final approval Thursday, and Hutchinson said he would sign the bill when it arrives in his office. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, greets legislators before his address to a joint session 91st General Assembly at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have pledged to cut federal taxes to boost the economy. But some GOP-controlled states have already adopted similar strategies, only to see growth falter and budget gaps widen. "It does not take a Ph.D. in economics to know that we can't say yes to every spending need, and we should also not say yes to every tax-cut idea," Hutchinson warned late last year. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson, File)

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, photo, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks to members of the press during a Q&A session in Little Rock. Arkansas is one of three states where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. shares a holiday with Confederate General Robert E. Lee, an arrangement that once seemed clever to some political leaders here but that is now a public image problem. Hutchinson has revived an effort to remove Lee from the holiday, but the move is facing resistance from lawmakers of both parties – even including some black members. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson)