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HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES RURAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS DURING HHS BUDGET REVIEW

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES RURAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS DURING HHS BUDGET REVIEW

Asks Sec. Azar for Details on Budget Request to Improve Access, Aid Troubled Rural Hospitals

VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Addresses Rural Health Care Needs in FY2021 HHS Budget Hearing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reaffirmed her commitment to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve rural health care and support financially-troubled rural hospitals.

Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PROTECT & DEFEND THE UNBORN

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PROTECT & DEFEND THE UNBORN

Miss. Senator Cosponsored Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today voted to proceed with two bills that would protect and defend the lives of unborn children, including those who survive abortion procedures.

Hyde-Smith voted with a majority of her fellow Senators to allow debate and passage of...

Hyde-Smith announces $7.5M in additional funding for backwater pumps

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Vicksburg Post

Hyde-Smith announces $7.5M in additional funding for backwater pumps

By Tim Reeves

An additional $7.5 million has reportedly been allocated to address future flooding issues in the Yazoo Backwater Area.

The additional funding was announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and...

Klobuchar, Smith co-sign letter urging studies of K-12 enrollment spending

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Brainerd (Minn.) Dispatch

Klobuchar, Smith co-sign letter urging studies of K-12 enrollment spending

By The Brainerd Dispatch

Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith joined Sens Mark Warner, D-Va., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and 15 Senate colleagues in encouraging the U.S. Department of...

Black History Month: Honoring the U.S. Army’s all-black, all-female WWII battalion

Friday, February 7, 2020

KMOX Radio St. Louis, Mo.

Black History Month: Honoring the U.S. Army’s all-black, all-female WWII battalion

By Radio.com Staff

(CONNECTING VETS) - The story of the U.S. Army's first and only all-African-American, all-female WWII unit is remarkable.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion...

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith will vote to acquit Trump of impeachment charges

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith will vote to acquit Trump of impeachment charges

By Taylor Vance

TUPELO - Mississippi’s junior U.S. senator voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both impeachment charges brought against him by the U.S. House of...

Mississippi U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith Weighs In On President’s State Of The Union Address

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

WXXV-TV Gulfport

Mississippi U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith Weighs In On President’s State Of The Union Address

By Toni Miles

Mississippi’s two United States Senators, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, both Republicans, have been staunch supporters of the Republican President.

Here’s what each...

More Widespread Support for EPA and Army’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Civil+Structural Engineering Media

More Widespread Support for EPA and Army’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James...

President Trump to take stage at annual March for Life event

Thursday, January 23, 2020

WJTV-TV Jackson

President Trump to take stage at annual March for Life event

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump will become the first sitting president to address the March for Life when he takes the stage Friday at the annual anti-abortion gathering in the nation’s capital.

As he heads into the 2020...

HYDE-SMITH DETAILS $46.5 MILLION FOR ARMY CORPS WORK IN MISS., INCLUDING YAZOO BACKWATER AREA

Monday, February 10, 2020

HYDE-SMITH DETAILS $46.5 MILLION FOR ARMY CORPS WORK IN MISS., INCLUDING YAZOO BACKWATER AREA

Additional Funding for 27 Projects Will Aid Community Wastewater Projects, Harbor Dredging, Flood Control Works

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today announced an additional $46.5 million in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding will be allocated for work on 27 projects in Mississippi, including $7.5 million to advance efforts to address Yazoo Backwater Area flooding.

Hyde...