Budget

HYDE-SMITH WEIGHS PROS & CONS FOR MISS. IN FY27 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET

Miss. Senator Back Continued Essential Air Service Funding, Other Infrastructure Grant Programs Benefitting Rural Communities

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Weighs Pros and Cons for Mississippi in FY2027 Transportation Budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week weighed the pros and cons for Mississippi in the administration’s FY2027 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation...

HYDE-SMITH LINES UP NIH SUPPORT FOR UMMC NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION

Miss. Senator Uses Budget Hearing to Highlight Cancer Center & Research Institute as Key to Improving State Health Outcomes

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Seeks Commitments for UMMC Gaining National Cancer Center Designation.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith with Ashleigh Parker, Cancer Survivor and Co-founder of DeSoto Hope Community Cancer Support.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES SENATE PASSAGE OF RURAL HOSPITAL LEGISLATION

Miss. Senator Cosponsored Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act to Extend Program Used by Six Mississippi Hospitals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage of bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to reauthorize a federal health program that currently supports six rural Mississippi Hospitals.

The Senate late Wednesday approved the Rural Community Hospital...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES ADDITIONAL FY2027 FUNDING FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS, ARKABUTLA DAM REPAIRS

Miss. Senator Looks to Build on FY2027 Army Corps Budget Requests for Major Miss. Projects

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Promotes Additional FY2027 Funding for Yazoo Backwater Pumps and Arkabutla Lake Dam at Hearing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received confirmation that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could use additional funding in FY2027 to make additional...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS H-2A VISA DELAYS, RED TAPE MUST BE FIXED TO HELP MISS. AG PRODUCERS

Acting Labor Sec. Tells Hyde-Smith Reorganization Will Improve Process to Hire Temporary Foreign Farm Laborers

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Labor Department Head Discuss H-2A Visa Program Reforms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for the U.S. Department of Labor to improve its handling of an H-2A visa program now plagued by serious delays and regulatory...

HYDE-SMITH PUSHES DOD TO RECOGNIZE ERDC IN VICKSBURG AS A ‘MILITARY INSTALLATION’

At Appropriations Hearing, Hyde-Smith Asks Assistant Secretary to Reconsider Decision that Blocks Access to Infrastructure Grant Funding

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Pushes Defense Department to Recognize ERDC as a Mission-Critical Defense Facility.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday made the case that the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg is...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES HUD TO USE MORE MASS TIMBER TO ACCELERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

Hyde-Smith Chairs Appropriations Hearing to Assess FY2027 HUD Budget Request

VIDEO:  Subcommittee Chair Hyde-Smith Discusses Affordable Housing, Opportunity Zones, Foster Care Housing with HUD Secretary Scott Turner.
VIDEO: Subcommittee Chair Hyde-Smith’s Review of the FY2027 HUD Budget Request.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) encouraged the U.S. Department of Housing and...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $20M FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS AT MISS. AIRPORTS

Two Dozen Mississippi Airports Will Receive Funds for Infrastructure, Safety Upgrades

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today reported that 24 municipal airfields in Mississippi have been awarded just over $20 million for facility improvements.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the third...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Provides Lifeline to Rural Communities, Including Six in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted bipartisan legislation she’s joined to extend a federal health program that provides a financial lifeline to rural hospitals, including six participating facilities in Mississippi.

The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

At Budget Hearing, VA Sec. Also Confirms Department Will Not Revive Controversial VA Disability Rating Proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make a priority to direct some of its record investment in capital improvements to rural VA clinics.

The FY2027 budget request was the focus of a Senate Military Construction and Veterans...