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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $5.9 MILLION FOR CONTINUED RECOVERY FROM TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR & WINTER STORM FERN

Two Federal Highway Administration Grants Will Provide Aid Statewide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the award of two grants totaling $5.9 million to help Mississippi continue recovery work associated with Tropical Storm Arthur and Winter Storm Fern.

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MISS. LAWMAKERS ASK HHS INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Hyde-Smith, Guest & Ezell Sign Letter Seeking Review of Abortion-Providing Organization’s Use of Taxpayer Funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are among more than 100 Members of Congress seeking an investigation into the activities and federal funding streams of Planned Parenthood...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLLOUT OF $423 MILLION TO MISS. AG PRODUCERS

Improved Agriculture Risk Coverage & Price Loss Coverage Authorized in Working Families Tax Cuts Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted the start of an estimated $423 million in farm safety net improvements being made available to Mississippi agricultural producers as the Farm Service Agency begins implementing aspects of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act enacted last year.

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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHAMPION TODD BUTLER NOMINATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised President Trump’s nomination of G. Todd Butler of Mississippi to serve as judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Wicker and Hyde-Smith committed to working toward his confirmation.  Mr. Butler would succeed Judge Leslie H. Southwick, who has elected to take senior status.

“Todd Butler is an excellent pick for the federal...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES SENATE PASSAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN AVIATION BILL, LOOKS TO GET MEASURE ENACTED

Senate and House Have Passed Similar Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Mental Health Care for Pilots & Air Traffic Controllers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today praised Senate approval of legislation she cosponsored to reduce bureaucratic delays and overregulation in how...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT GULF SHRIMPERS FROM INFLUX OF IMPORTED SHRIMP FROM ECUADOR

Bill Would Target Ecuador with Higher Tariffs to Level Playing Field, Boost Inspections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced new legislation to help protect American wild-caught shrimp producers from the rapidly growing influx of imported shrimp from Ecuador, which has overtaken India as the source of foreign shrimp, crawfish, and other seafood products.

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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES GRANT TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

$2.8 Million Delta Rural Integrated Health Network Program Grants to be Used in Mississippi, Arkansas & Louisiana

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that two Mississippi organizations will benefit from a $2.8 million grant to improve healthcare delivery in the Delta region by developing networks among rural hospitals, primary care clinics, behavioral health providers, and other...

MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION APPLAUDS KEY FIELD SELECTION AS A KC-46 FINALIST

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today welcomed notification from the U.S. Air Force that Key Field in Meridian has been selected as one of four preferred locations to be the future home of the new KC-46 aircraft.

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HYDE-SMITH SIGNS AMICUS BRIEF DEFENDING RIGHTS OF HOMESCHOOL PARENTS TO USE RELIGIOUS-BASED CURRICULUM

Senators Encourage SCOTUS to Overturn a Lower Court Decision with Religious Freedom & Parental Choice Implications

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) in filing an amicus brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that wrongly ruled that homeschool independent-study programs are public school...

SENATE APPROVES HYDE-SMITH & WARNOCK RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ‘GOLD STAR FAMILIES REMEMBRANCE WEEK’

Bipartisan Measure Sets Aside Sept. 20-27 to Recognize Families of the Fallen

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate late Thursday approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) formally designating Gold Star Remembrance Week to honor the sacrifices made by the families of U.S. military servicemembers who have given their...