Rural Communities

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN DELTA

Education-Apprenticeship Grants Going to Programs in Greenville, Clarksdale & Yazoo City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $2.7 million to support three YouthBuild education and training programs in the Mississippi Delta.
 
Hyde-Smith, who has advocated for YouthBuild funding as part of her work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said three U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
 
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE FEMA FUNDS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SAFE ROOMS IN FORREST COUNTY

$1.0 Million Grant Awarded to Complete Last of 10 Safe Rooms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.06 million in federal funding to build two more safe rooms in Forrest County.
 
The new safe rooms would complete the goal of constructing 10 safe rooms at schools around Forrest...

MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE AWARD OF $409,700 IN GRANTS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Detail USDA Grants to Support Local Services in Rural Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of $409,700 for 11 community improvement projects in Mississippi.

The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.

“These USDA Rural...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE APPROVAL OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH RESOLUTION

Measure Celebrates African American Achievements, Cites Notable Mississippians

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised approval of a Black History Month resolution honoring the achievements of African Americans, including notable leaders from Mississippi.
 
The Senate resolution, approved by unanimous consent Thursday night, cites the history of African Americans...

HYDE-SMITH DUCK HUNTING SEASON MEASURE SIGNED INTO LAW

President Trump Signs Major Lands Bill, Which Includes Federal Duck Hunting Season Extension, Special Hunts for Vets, Military and Youths

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump today signed into law a major lands bill that includes U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s legislation allowing states to extend duck hunting season to January 31 and to schedule special hunts for military, veterans, and youths.
 
The Natural Resources Management Act (S...

HYDE-SMITH:  $18.2 MILLION DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED TO MISS. FIRM TO MANUFACTURE MILITARY UNIFORMS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that a Tishomingo County company has been awarded an $18.2 million contract to manufacture uniforms for the Defense Department.
 
Golden Manufacturing Inc. in Golden was awarded the competitive contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to produce uniforms for the Army and Air Force.
 
“Golden Manufacturing has a well...

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING STORMS AND RECORD FLOODING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mississippi’s congressional delegation, which includes U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.), today sent a letter to President Trump requesting full consideration of Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s request for a...

HYDE-SMITH:  DEMOCRATS DUCK CHANCE TO ADVANCE RADICAL ‘GREEN NEW DEAL’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today called the “Green New Deal,” a Democratic proposal to radically remake the American economy and society, an impractical and expensive nonstarter—a fact that may explain why Senate Democrats ducked for cover when it was put to a vote.
 
Rather than register as “yea” or “nay,” 43 Senate Democrats voted “present” when the Green New Deal resolution was brought up...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $4.8 MILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

USDA Awards Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grant in Oktibbeha and Webster Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the approval of more than $4.8 million in federal grant and loan funding to improve water service for residents in rural parts of Webster and Oktibbeha counties.
 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has approved a $3.7...