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HYDE-SMITH SAYS $730,559 GRANT WILL SUPPORT WORKFORCE TRAINING IN MISSISSIPPI

Appalachian Regional Commission Awards Partnership Grant to Promote Skilled Manufacturing Workforce

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a $730,559 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant will help ensure Mississippi increases its access to skilled workers for the state’s growing manufacturing sector.

ARC recently announced the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS PRO-WORKER LEGISLATION, INCLUDING NATIONAL RIGHT-TO-WORK ACT
 
Miss. Senator Says Measures Will Protect Workers’ Rights, Strengthen the Economy

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for two pro-business bills, including an effort to restore workers’ rights by prohibiting employers from requiring employees to join a union as a condition of employment.  
 
Hyde-Smith is cosponsoring the National Right-to-Work Act (S.545) and the...

PRESIDENT SIGNS MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT COSPONSORED BY HYDE-SMITH

Miss. Senator Says Bill Will Help Musicians from the “Birthplace of American Music”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump today signed into law a measure cosponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to ensure musicians are more fairly compensated for their work, a reform that would benefit Mississippi as the “Birthplace of American Music.”

The Music Modernization Act reforms music copyright and licensing laws to...