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Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to fulfilling the constitutional responsibility to “provide for the common defense” of the United States, including by ensuring the availability of the resources necessary to rebuild America’s military and maximize 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.


WICKER & HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $10.8 MILLION AWARD FOR GOLDEN MANUFACTURING

WICKER & HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $10.8 MILLION AWARD FOR GOLDEN MANUFACTURING

Department of Defense Continues Contract Work with North Miss. Small Business

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a $10.8 million contract award to Golden Manufacturing Co., Inc. in Tishomingo County to produce trousers for the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.

The contract represents the continuation of Department of Defense contracts dating from 2019 for the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO END WAR ON U.S. OIL & GAS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO END WAR ON U.S. OIL & GAS

As Interior Dept. Mulls “No Lease Option,” Senators Encourage 10 Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a group of Republican Senators in demanding the Biden administration end its assault on domestic oil and gas production and continue to sell oil and gas leases on federal land and water.

The push comes in response to the U.S...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $5 MILLION AWARD TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDING

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $5 MILLION AWARD TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the award of $4,999,634 from the U.S. Department of Defense to the State of Mississippi to modernize the state’s shipbuilding industry. 

The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program funding will...