HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS 

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.9 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING FOR MISS. HEALTH CENTERS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 20 community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The health center funding stems from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) enacted on March 27.  This historic legislation provides $1.32 billion in...

HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS 

HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BIPARTISAN LETTER SEEKING GREATER COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH-RISK SETTINGS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Friday signed a bipartisan letter that encourages federal health officials to consider solutions to protect Medicare beneficiaries from high-risk settings and ensure safe access to care as the nation continues to work to combat COVID-19.

The letter, sent Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare &...

MISS. DELEGATION URGES SBA TO INCLUDE MORE MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES IN PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM

MISS. DELEGATION URGES SBA TO INCLUDE MORE MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES IN PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The entire Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza requesting new agency guidance to include more Mississippi small businesses in the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss...

Hyde-Smith decries blocking of law enforcement reform bill

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Hyde-Smith decries blocking of law enforcement reform bill

By Andi Davis

The Justice Act has stalled in the Senate and a Mississippi Senator is speaking out.

Mississippi’s U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith decried Senate Democrats’ decision to deny Senate debate on significant...

Senate Ag Committee Urges Perdue to Extend WIC Flexibilities

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Senate Ag Committee Urges Perdue to Extend WIC Flexibilities

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U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., wrote to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting the...

Senators Introduce Post Traumatic Stress Resolution

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Senators Introduce Post Traumatic Stress Resolution

Bipartisan resolution would designate this Saturday, June 27, as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day

By U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Thom Tillis...