East Central Region

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA OFFERS $4.13 MILLION FOR RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN LAMAR & COPIAH COUNTIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced more than $4.13 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan funding for water infrastructure projects in Lamar and Copiah Counties.

The two loan-grant awards to the Progress Community Water Association in Purvis and the Copiah Water Association, Inc...

BLUNT, KLOBUCHAR, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE NEW SENATE LEAVE POLICY FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), a member of the committee, announced a new Senate leave policy for wounded warriors. 

The policy was authorized under H.R. 6160, the House companion measure to a bill introduced by Hyde-Smith, that passed the Senate by unanimous consent...

SENATE PASSES HYDE-SMITH’S BRAIN ANEURYSM AWARENESS RESOLUTION

Measure Promotes Early Detection to Lower Aneurysm Rates that Afflict Over 30,000 Americans Every Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has approved a resolution sponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to increase awareness and detection of brain aneurysms, which afflict more than 30,000 Americans annually—half of whom will die from the ailment.

The Brain Aneurysm Awareness Resolution (S.Res.354) gained unanimous...