HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO ELIMINATE FEMA COST-SHARE FOR 2020 DISASTERS TO HELP STATES, CITIES DURING PANDEMIC

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO ELIMINATE FEMA COST-SHARE FOR 2020 DISASTERS TO HELP STATES, CITIES DURING PANDEMIC

Bipartisan Bill Would Ease COVID-19 Burden to Aid in Disaster Recovery Where Needed

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VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Bills Offering Direct Aid to Cities, Counties & States.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to eliminate the cost-share payments required of states and communities included in federal disaster declarations in 2020.

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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.25 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS FUNDS FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.25 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS FUNDS FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT

Additional Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Expected for the State as May 29 Application Deadline Nears

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that law enforcement entities are beginning to receive CARES Act funding related to their work to help communities meet COVID-19 challenges.

Thirty-seven Mississippi law...

MISS. SENATORS RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT

MISS. SENATORS RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT

Senate Committee Considers Nomination of Mississippian Selected by Trump for Federal Bench

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VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Introduces Judge Wilson.
VIDEO: Wicker Introduces Judge Wilson

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today offered strong recommendations for Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...

Women Senators Reflect on the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage

Smithsonian Magazine

Women Senators Reflect on the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage

Twenty-four lawmakers shared testimonials with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
 
By Meilan Solly, SMITHSONIANMAG.COM

When suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the United States House of...

Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility

US Ag Net

Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility

Iowa Ag Connection - 08/18/2020

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Monday sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to urge the Department to...