Capital Region

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $4.8 MILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

USDA Awards Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grant in Oktibbeha and Webster Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the approval of more than $4.8 million in federal grant and loan funding to improve water service for residents in rural parts of Webster and Oktibbeha counties.
 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has approved a $3.7...

HYDE-SMITH:  DEMOCRATS DUCK CHANCE TO ADVANCE RADICAL ‘GREEN NEW DEAL’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today called the “Green New Deal,” a Democratic proposal to radically remake the American economy and society, an impractical and expensive nonstarter—a fact that may explain why Senate Democrats ducked for cover when it was put to a vote.
 
Rather than register as “yea” or “nay,” 43 Senate Democrats voted “present” when the Green New Deal resolution was brought up...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO KEEP U.S. SUPREME COURT AT NINE JUSTICES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today became an original cosponsor of a constitutional amendment limiting the Supreme Court of the United States to nine justices.
 
The Supreme Court has had nine seats since 1869, and the amendment introduced Monday by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) would amend the U.S. Constitution to keep the current composition of the court.  The amendment is a...