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HYDE-SMITH MOURNS LOSS OF MISS. SERVICEMAN IN MID-AIR COLLISION

Brooksville, Miss., Native and Army Helicopter Pilot Killed in Tragic Accident in Washington, D.C.-area

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement after being notified by military officials Thursday that Brooksville native, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, was among the three soldiers killed when their helicopter collided with a passenger airline headed to Washington...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO DEFEND AMERICANS’ RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Bill Would Eliminate Fines for Refusing to Respond to Intrusive Census Bureau Survey

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday signed as an original cosponsor of legislation to eliminate federal punishments that could be imposed on Mississippians who refuse to respond to an annual government survey.

The Freedom from Government Surveys Act (S.265), introduced by U.S. Senator James Risch (R-Idaho...

HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HUD APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

Hyde-Smith Also Lands Military Construction-VA Spot, Will Serve on Six Subcommittees of Importance to Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was officially named as the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) for the 119th Congress.

Hyde-Smith, in addition to chairing the THUD Appropriations...