Coast Region

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES FOR EXPANDED AVIATION WORKFORCE TRAINING

Miss. Senator Joins Bipartisan Push for USDOT, FAA to Implement Two Workforce Grant Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a bipartisan push for full implementation of two aviation workforce grant programs created by Congress in 2018 to expand the development of the next generation of aircraft pilots and maintenance technicians.

Hyde-Smith is among 20 Senators who signed a letter to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES WANT ABORTION PILL CLASSIFIED AS HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH

Lawmakers Urge FDA Commissioner to Remove Abortion Pill from U.S. Market

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 20 Senators urging Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn to exercise FDA authority to classify the abortion pill Mifeprex (or mifepristone) as an “imminent hazard to the public health” that poses a “significant...

MISS. LAWMAKERS APPLAUD $7.9 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING FOR COAST TRANSIT AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), along with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss) today applauded a $7.9 million award from the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) to the Mississippi Coast Transit Authority (CTA).  
 
The CTA will use these funds to continue providing transit service within the Pascagoula Urbanized Area during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
“Coast...