HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO FUND WORKFORCE TRAINING, RURAL HEALTH & OPIOID ABUSE PREVENTION

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO FUND WORKFORCE TRAINING, RURAL HEALTH & OPIOID ABUSE PREVENTION

Senate Committee Approves FY2019 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of an appropriations bill that will boost workforce training programs, rural health initiatives, and opioid treatment and prevention.

The FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill was approved, 30...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR FY2019 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT KEEPS COMMITMENT TO REBUILD U.S MILITARY

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR FY2019 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT KEEPS COMMITMENT TO REBUILD U.S MILITARY

Mississippi Senator Votes with Committee to Send National Security Bill to Senate for Passage

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to advance a defense funding bill that represents a $20 billion increase in funding for the U.S Department of Defense to meet current, emerging, and future threats to American national security.

The Senate Appropriations...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the intention of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, to retire in July from the Supreme Court of the United States:
 
“Justice Kennedy has been a mainstay on the Supreme Court for three decades, which has given him a pivotal role in influencing the lives of all Americans.  I thank him for his service...

Deal temporarily ends government shutdown

News Mississippi

Deal temporarily ends government shutdown

By Steven Gagliano

President Trump has announced a deal to temporarily reopen the government after the 35-day shutdown. 

The deal will reopen the government until February 15, but Trump suggested that if no funding for a border...

Local students selected for United States Senate Youth Program

WLBT-TV Jackson 

Local students selected for United States Senate Youth Program

By Morgan Howard and ShaCamree Gowdy

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Cadet Col. Ruben Banks from Jim Hill High School and Kennedy Guest, a student at Brandon High School, have been selected for the 2019 United States...

Changes announced for Senate, House ag committees

High Plains Journal

Changes announced for Senate, House ag committees

By Larry Dreiling

With the recent start of the 116th Congress, House and Senate leaders have announced the memberships of their committees.

Notable is the absence of Rep. Frank Lucas, R-OK, on the House Agriculture...