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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $2.37 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL AIRPORTS
 
Miss. Senators Detail Nine Grants to Support Statewide Transportation Upgrades
 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $2.37 million for improvements to nine airports across the state. The grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 
“Mississippi’s airports provide...

SENATORS CALL ON ADMINISTRATION TO RESTORE MORE CHOICE IN HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and 34 other senators today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta, and HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar urging the administration to restore 12-month terms for short-term, limited duration insurance plans, which were available for two decades before being prohibited by Obama administration rules in 2016. The senators also...

WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, LET’S KEEP WORKING
 
By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
 

The congressional tradition of escaping the nation’s capital in August dates back to the time before air conditioning when Senators would race home before the summer heat reached its peak.  I’ve got an advantage over many of my colleagues because we in Mississippi know something about summer heat.  There are two excellent reasons why the Senate should break with tradition and stay in Washington this...