Democrats lash out as GOP blocks gun measure amid shooting
ABC News
Democrats lash out as GOP blocks gun measure amid shooting
By Mariam Khan
News of the Santa Clarita, California, school shooting broke Thursday just as Connecticut's two Democratic senators were making an emotional case for gun control on the Senate floor.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and...
Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?
By Steven Lemongello
If passed by Congress the U.S. would simply spring forward an hour in March one year and just stay there forever.
Could this have been the last fall that America set its clocks back?
U...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Rural Development Grants to Support Technology Installation Statewide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $1,980,417 to support distance learning programs across the entire state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development will award the grants.
“These investments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS
Rice Pact Comes on Heels of China Agreement to Lift Ban on American Poultry Imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the long-sought agreement by which South Korea will...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY
Miss. Senators Introduce “Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (R-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) to introduce the Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act.
The bipartisan legislation (S.2855) would direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete a comprehensive study of...
HYDE-SMITH: U.S. NAVY WILL NAME GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER FOR U.S. SENATOR THAD COCHRAN
HYDE-SMITH: U.S. NAVY WILL NAME GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER FOR U.S. SENATOR THAD COCHRAN
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
USS Thad Cochran Graphic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a decision by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer to name a future guided-missile destroyer after her predecessor, the late U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).
Hyde-Smith said Spencer made the decision to honor Cochran by naming a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
Gov.-elect Reeves picks veteran Republican leader Brad White to lead transition team
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Gov.-elect Reeves picks veteran Republican leader Brad White to lead transition team
By Geoff Pender
Gov.-elect Tate Reeves has named longtime Mississippi Republican leader and politico Brad White to lead his transition team.
Reeves in a statement Thursday called former...
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
American Medical Association
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
Kevin B. O'Reilly, News Editor, American Medical Association
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth...
LYME TIME: We Did It!
Boothbay (Maine) Register
LYME TIME: We Did It!
By Paula Jackson Jones
Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...