WICKER & HYDE-SMITH TO SBA:  STOP ILLEGAL PPP LOANS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

WICKER & HYDE-SMITH TO SBA:  STOP ILLEGAL PPP LOANS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Miss. Senators Join Colleagues to Block Abortion Providers from Taking Small Business Aid 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signed a letter encouraging the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to prevent Planned Parenthood affiliates from receiving illegal loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Led by Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and signed by 31...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES SUPREME COURT RULING ON ABORTIONS BY MAIL

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES SUPREME COURT RULING ON ABORTIONS BY MAIL

Ruling Closely Tracks with Hyde-Smith Legislation on Regulating Abortion Pills

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the federal requirement that abortion pills must be obtained in person and not by mail—a ruling that closely tracks with legislation she introduced in the 116th Congress.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday evening granted the Trump administration’s...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR COVID-19 TESTING, VACCINATION ACTIVITIES IN MISS.

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES NEARLY $200 MILLION FOR COVID-19 TESTING, VACCINATION ACTIVITIES IN MISS.

CDC Funding Tied to Appropriations & Pandemic Response Package Approved in December

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of almost $200 million to Mississippi from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to support COVID-19 testing and vaccination-related activities.

The allocation of $171.3 million for...

Wicker Leads 46 Lawmakers To End Taxpayer Funded Abortion

Clarksdale Press Register

Wicker Leads 46 Lawmakers To End Taxpayer Funded Abortion

By The Press Register

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., this week led 46 of his colleagues in reintroducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which...

MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

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MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

by Steven Gagliano

A large chunk of federal funding will aid Mississippi’s vaccination distribution efforts. 

$32 million in grant funding has been awarded to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to support...