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HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES SENATE PASSAGE OF TRANSPORTATION, HUD FUNDING BILL

As Ranking Republican, Hyde-Smith Will Serve on Conference Panel to Finalize Bill with Benefits for Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved legislation that U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) helped write to fund transportation, housing, and community development projects benefitting Mississippi and the nation.

The Senate passed the FY2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...

MISS. DELEGATION:  MEDGAR EVERS DESERVES PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

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 sent a letter to President Biden urging him to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. 

Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE REVIEW BIDEN FUNDING REQUEST FOR ISRAEL, UKRAINE WAR EFFORTS 

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Efforts to Counter Iran as Agent of Terrorism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), at a hearing to review President Biden’s request for supplemental funding to support Israel and Ukraine, today sought details on the administration actions to curtail Iran’s “puppet master” role in funding, equipping, and training terrorist groups like Hamas.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $8.7 MILLION INVESTMENT IN PORT OF ROSEDALE

Miss. Senators Welcome Resources to Increase Capacity at Mississippi Delta Port

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated an $8.7 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve infrastructure at the Port of Rosedale.

The grant was issued by the Maritime Administration through the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

“This is great news for...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS GULF OIL & GAS PRODUCTION TARGETED BY LEASE SALE PLAN, RICE’S WHALE HABITAT DECISIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) used a recent hearing on the Biden administration’s policies to further expose a concerted effort to make Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production prohibitive, including limiting lease sales and imposing a restrictive critical habitat designation for the Rice’s whales.

Hyde-Smith made her argument during a Senate Energy and...