Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to abide by the constitutional responsibility to “provide for the common defense” of the United States, including the necessary need to rebuild America’s military and readiness.
Senator Hyde-Smith is proud of Mississippi’s enduring support of the Armed Forces. She is committed to strengthening the state’s significant contributions to national defense, including Air Force bases and Navy installations, the Army National Guard’s primary mobilization installation, a premiere Special Operations training center, a leading Air Force aeromedical evacuation unit, numerous National Guard installations, and Department of Defense supercomputer capabilities.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also grateful for the work of defense industry employees in Mississippi to produce the best equipment and services for the men and women who protect our nation.
Naval Technology
Taylor Defense Products to extend life of US Marine Corps cranes
Taylor Defense Products has secured an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract to repair and maintain all-terrain cranes for the US Marine Corps.
The contract is worth up to $84m and was awarded as part...
Dunn County (N.D.) Herald
Senators push for PTSD recognition
June 13, 2019
North Dakota’s Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer have helped introduce bipartisan legislation that designates June 27 as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day” and the month of June as “National Post-Traumatic...
WCBI-TV Columbus
Major Navy contract awarded to Louisville company
By Robert Davidson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Winston County company lands a Navy contract which could be worth up to $84 million .
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith says Taylor Defense Products LLC of Louisville was awarded the competitive...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN REGIME
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order imposing additional sanctions to punish Iran for recent acts against United States interests:
“President Trump is right to increase pressure on the Iranian regime. Iran is ruled by leaders who are tyrants and sponsors of terrorist groups that threaten the safety and interest of the United States and our...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES NAVY CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE COMPANY
Taylor Defense Products Awarded Contract Worth up to $84 Million to Repair Marine Corps Cranes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $84 million for a Winston County company to repair and maintain all-terrain cranes for the Marine Corps.
Taylor Defense Products LLC of Louisville was awarded the...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
New Jersey congressman calls Mississippi a ‘moocher state.’ Here's what he forgets.
By Sid Salter, guest columnist
STARKVILLE – A Democratic New Jersey congressman recently vented his contempt for so-called "moocher states" like Mississippi that receive more money from the...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Hundreds come together to honor and remember Senator Thad Cochran
By Hugh Keeton
JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - Senator Thad Cochran’s body is now lying at the Mississippi State Capitol where a crowd of hundreds gathered for funeral services to honor the long term Senator earlier Monday.
...
News Mississippi
Former Senator Thad Cochran passes away at age 81
By Steven Gagliano
According to a spokesman, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for more than 45 years, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning in Oxford.
Cochran, a Navy veteran who...
News Mississippi
Thompson Calls for Impeachment! Trump says “The Case is Closed”!
By Andi Davis
Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke Wednesday, nearly 70 days since turning over his Russia report to the Attorney General. Muller said that his report speaks for itself and he does not intend to...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Trump's aircraft carrier wish could affect area employer General Atomics
By Dennis Seid
TUPELO • For at least the fourth time since taking office in 2017, President Donald Trump railed against the U.S. Navy’s next-generation catapult system being...
