Coast Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TO INTERIOR SEC.:  HOLD LEASE SALE, DISCLOSE PLANS FOR OCS LEASING PROGRAM

Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Critical Letter to Interior Sec. Deb Haaland

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are calling on the Biden administration to conduct lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and to provide answers on the future of the federal offshore leasing program.

The Mississippi Senators joined colleagues in sending Interior Secretary...

HYDE-SMITH, PANEL HEAR PLEA FOR TREASURY DEPT. FUNDS TO HELP UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES

Miss. Delta Banker Testifies at Senate Appropriations Hearing on FY22 Treasury Budget Requests

PHOTO:  Andy Anderson of Anguilla, Miss., Testifying.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday welcomed the testimony of a Mississippi Delta banker on the need to expand federal programs that allow small community banks to supply loans to underserved populations.

Hyde...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.22 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES

Federal Grants to Support Purchase of Transit, Police &Public Works Vehicles

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced $3.22 million in federal grants to support the purchase or lease of low emissions buses for the City of Jackson, and police and public works vehicles for seven other Mississippi communities.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and U.S...