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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.0 MILLION TO BACK INVESTMENT IN RURAL & UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

Forty-Eight Miss. Financial Institutions Awarded Bank Enterprise Award Program Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $8.0 million that will allow 48 Mississippi banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions to back investments in economically-distressed areas.

The FY2021 Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) grants were...

HYDE-SMITH & CORPS OFFICIALS AGREE PUMPS WOULD BRING MEANINGFUL FLOOD PROTECTION TO YAZOO BACKWATER AREA

At Hearing, Hyde-Smith Pressed Army Corps Officials on Environmental Justice and Reviving Pumping Station Cancelled by EPA

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Presses Army Corps Officials on path forward for Yazoo Backwater Pumps.
VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith on Peer-Reviewed Science &Environmental Justice Behind Yazoo Backwater Pumps.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Army for...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding her decision to vote against the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court:

“I cannot in good conscience support the confirmation of Judge Jackson.

“I take seriously my responsibility to weigh the merits of each Supreme...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION IN GREENVILLE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed a construction contract for the new U.S. courthouse in Greenville, which will be built on the “Stein Mart Site” at 200 Washington Avenue in the historic downtown area.

The new federal courthouse will provide the judiciary with a 55,639 gross square foot facility along with secure parking.  The award is the result of commitment...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL FOR END OF ANTI-ISRAEL FOCUS OF U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Miss. Senators Among 68 Senators Asking Sec. of State to Refocus Resources on Actual Human Rights Crises 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among a broad bipartisan Senate majority that is encouraging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to assert his influence to end “discriminatory and unwarranted treatment” of Israel by the United Nations Human Rights...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1.2 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT MANUFACTURING IN MISS. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.2 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant for a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program to improve the competitiveness of the state’s manufacturing sector.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant, totaling $1,218,682, will support ongoing work by the MEP Center for Mississippi, a MMA-led...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK DETAILS ON THE SPEED, SPECIFICS & SUPPLY OF LETHAL U.S. AID TO UKRAINE

Bipartisan Groups Asks White House to Clarify U.S. Mission as Ukraine Resistance Makes Progress Against Russian Invaders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among a bipartisan group of Senators who are pressing National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to produce details on the speed, specifics, and supply of U.S. lethal aid to support Ukraine as it makes progress against...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BIDEN’S 2023 ‘BIG ON SPENDING, BIG ON TAX INCREASES’ BUDGET 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the FY2023 budget blueprint unveiled by President Biden on Monday:

“President Biden’s new budget doubles down on the failed priorities he and fellow Democrats attempted to force on the nation last year.  His fiscal year 2023 plan is again big on spending...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT FLOOD INSURANCE POLICYHOLDERS

Measure Would Give Policyholders Options in New FEMA Risk Rating 2.0 Flood Insurance Rate Scheme

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to give policyholders more options as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares for a nationwide implementation of its new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premium rate structure this week.

The Homeowner Flood Insurance...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS MEASURE OPPOSING U.S. PALESTINIAN CONSULATE IN JERUSALEM

Cosponsors Resolution Reaffirming Undivided U.S. Embassy in Israeli Capital

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week cosponsored a resolution reaffirming the position that the United States should be represented by a single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem and opposing any effort to establish a separate consulate for Palestinian affairs.

S.Con.Res.34 was introduced by U.S. Senator Mike Lee...