Infrastructure & Public Works

HYDE-SMITH:  $56.6 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED TO CONTINUE SHIP ISLAND RESTORATION WORK

Phase 3 & 4 of Barrier Island Project Funded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of a $56.6 million contract to carry out Phases 3 and 4 of a barrier island restoration project on Ship Island.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fixed-price contract is part of the Mississippi...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS ADVANCING AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

Panel Also Approves Third Bill with Hyde-Smith Provision to Protect Broadband Funds for Poor & Rural Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today supported advancing three FY2020 appropriations bills that would help Mississippi agricultural, transportation, and rural broadband efforts.

With Senate Appropriations Committee approval, the...

HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF DEMOCRATIC BLOCKADE OF FY2020 DEFENSE FUNDING PACKAGE

Lack of Minority Support Stops Senate Effort to Move Appropriations Package that also Included Mississippi Flood Control Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized Senate Democrats for blocking an effort to advance a FY2020 funding package for national defense and other priorities, including Army Corps of Engineers projects in...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $7.99 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL AIRPORTS

Miss. Senators Detail Four Grants to Support Statewide Air Transportation Upgrades

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced the award of $7.99 million for improvements to four airports in Mississippi.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration will award the grants to Meridian, Greenville, Tupelo, and Starkville.

“T...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EPA ACTION TO REPEAL OBAMA’S WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE

EPA & Army Corps Agree to Restore Rightful Regulatory Scope of “Navigable Waters”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised action by the Trump administration to overturn President Obama’s overreaching 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced a two-step rulemaking process to repeal the Obama administration’s unlawful...

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS TO SARDIS & HERNANDO GEARED TOWARD FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rural Business Development Studies Will Look at Economic Opportunities Related to Sardis Lake, Hernando Recreational Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of two grants worth $263,202 to provide technical assistance for feasibility studies on expanding economic development in two Northwest Mississippi communities.

U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PITCHES IN $99,800 FOR OKHISSA LAKE PROJECT STUDY

Miss. Senator Authored Farm Bill Provision Directing USDA to Transfer Property for Lodge, Conference Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $99,800 grant to complete a feasibility study and business plan for a proposed lodge and conference center at Okhissa Lake in southwest Mississippi.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development...