HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO SEND PRESIDENT A BILL WITH ADDED FUNDING FOR VETERANS CARE & BENEFITS

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO SEND PRESIDENT A BILL WITH ADDED FUNDING FOR VETERANS CARE & BENEFITS
 
Senate Completes Action on FY2019 Military Construction-VA Appropriations Bill

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted to send President Trump a funding bill that will provide record-setting funding levels for veterans care, including an additional $1.25 billion to implement the VA MISSION Act.
 
The Senate voted 92-5 to...

WICKER, HYDE–SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.18 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

WICKER, HYDE–SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.18 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Miss. Senators Applaud FEMA Grants for Fire Departments

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $3,175,628 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to fire departments in throughout Mississippi.

The grants are being awarded as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to departments in Byram...

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Senator Will Help Reconcile Senate-House Differences on FY2019 Appropriations for Agriculture, Transportation & Other Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been named to the negotiation team that will work to resolve differences on a FY2019 appropriations package to fund federal agriculture, transportation, and other programs.

“I am committed to being a good steward...

Rainfall events pose setback to waterway dredge completion date

Monroe Journal

Rainfall events pose setback to waterway dredge completion date

By Ray Van Dusen

ABERDEEN – Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saw remnants of the late February flooding event on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway first-hand during an April 23 briefing at the Aberdeen Lock and Dam. One of the...

Senators propose change to service hours for livestock haulers

Ag Daily

Senators propose change to service hours for livestock haulers

By AGDAILY Reporters

Today, Sens. Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bipartisan bill to provide livestock haulers with regulatory relief from the restrictive Hours-of-Service rules. The bill, the Transporting...