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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 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 $5.17 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Large Grants for Jackson, Canton to Support Hiring of More Firefighters

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $5,172,039.58 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to fire departments in Jackson, Canton, Walls, Grenada, Iuka, Columbus, Pascagoula, Laurel, Puckett, Biloxi, New Site, Sandersville, and Utica.

The funding...

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 SECURES FUNDING SUPPORT TO ADDRESS ARMY CORPS PROJECTS AFFECTING MISSISSIPPI

FY2020 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill Cleared for Senate Consideration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for committee passage of an appropriations measure that will provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with resources to improve and maintain flood control projects, ports, and waterways in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith supported Senate Appropriations...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE FY2020 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT KEEPS COMMITMENT TO REBUILD U.S. MILITARY

Mississippi Senator Votes with Committee to Send National Security Bill to Senate for Passage

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for committee passage of the FY2020 Defense Appropriations Bill with a $20 billion funding increase to protect U.S. national security interests and Mississippi’s role in that mission. 

The Senate Appropriations Committee...

HYDE-SMITH URGES MISSISSIPPIANS TO SUPPLY INPUT TO HHS RURAL HEALTH TASK FORCE BY OCT. 9

Senator Says Mississippi Views Important as Feds Look to Improve Care in Rural Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today urged Mississippians to participate in a nationwide U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) initiative to find ways to improve health care in rural America.

The federal Rural Health Task Force, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES CREATION OF MISSISSIPPI HUMAN TRAFFICKING COUNCIL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement supporting the Mississippi Human Trafficking Council, a new statewide initiative announced Tuesday by federal, state, and other authorities:

“The formation of this statewide council represents a heightened effort to stop pervasive and sinister acts of human trafficking in Mississippi.  The coordination and support provided by the...

MISS. LAWMAKERS CHEER SELECTION OF SOUTHERN MISS TO OPERATE NEW RESEARCH VESSEL

USM to Lead Gulf of Mexico Research Operations for National Science Foundation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), today welcomed the news that the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the operating institution for a newly-constructed Regional Class Research...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

Application Deadline is Oct. 11 for $10,000 Scholarship Program 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reminded Mississippi high school juniors and seniors of an October 11 deadline to apply for the 2020 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP).

In its 58th year, the USSYP will award two students from Mississippi with an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., and a $10...