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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $4.8 MILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

USDA Awards Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grant in Oktibbeha and Webster Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the approval of more than $4.8 million in federal grant and loan funding to improve water service for residents in rural parts of Webster and Oktibbeha counties.
 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has approved a $3.7...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $57.9 MILLION NAVY CONTRACT FOR F/A-18 HORNET RADAR SYSTEM REPAIRS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded a $57.9 million long-term requirements contract to repair radar systems for F/A-18 Hornet aircraft at Raytheon facilities in Forest.
 
The contract to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems will support the repair of 25 weapon repairable assemblies for the APG-79 active electronically scanned array radar...

HYDE-SMITH & EDUCATION SEC. DEVOS SHARE COMMON GOAL TO PROMOTE CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO RURAL STUDENTS

At Appropriations Hearing, Senator Sees Career-Tech Programs Helping Fill Empty Well-Paying Jobs

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Education Secretary discuss career and technical education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today found common ground with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on the need to increase opportunities for students to purse good jobs...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SURPLUS BOOK PROGRAM DURING BUDGET REVIEW

Hyde-Smith Chairs First Appropriations Hearing, Questions Librarian of Congress on Expanded Outreach to Local Schools & Libraries

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and Librarian of Congress Carla

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of an appropriations hearing this week, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) promoted a program that provides new books and materials to schools and local libraries.
 
In her first hearing as...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS EFFORT TO OVECOME DEMOCRAT FILIBUSTER OF TRUMP NOMINEES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted in support of a new effort to overcome persistent and ongoing Democratic filibusters of even the most noncontroversial Trump nominees.
 
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Rules Committee, said Democratic obstructionism to hundreds of people nominated by President Trump is having an effect on how federal services are delivered to Mississippians.
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EPA HEAD TO HYDE-SMITH: AGENCY RECONSIDERING 2008 DECISION THAT HALTED DELTA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT

Senator Presses EPA Administrator on Current and Past Flooding Disasters in South Delta

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Mississippi Flooding with EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today gained public verification that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reevaluating its 2008 decision to stop a critical flood control project for the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, & PALAZZO: MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDER TO CONSTRUCT NEXT GENERATION OF COAST GUARD HEAVY POLAR ICEBREAKERS

VT Halter Wins $745.9M Contract to Construct New Polar Security Cutter

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today commended the Coast Guard’s choice of VT Halter Marine, Inc. to design and build the next generation of heavy polar icebreakers.

The Polar Security Cutter (PSC) will join the...

HYDE-SMITH & GUEST INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO RENAME BROOKHAVEN POST OFFICE IN MEMORY OF FALLEN OFFICERS

Lawmakers Move to Honor Brookhaven, Lincoln Co. Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

BROOKHAVEN, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced legislation to name a Brookhaven post office in honor of three local law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Hyde-Smith and Guest joined local officials on...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED DUCK HUNTING SEASON IN MISS.

Senator Authored Law Giving States Right to Extend Federal Duck Hunting Season to Jan. 31

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted the approval of the 2019-2020 duck hunting season in Mississippi, which will extend to Jan. 31, 2020, as a result of a law change she authored.

Gone is the “last Sunday in January” deadline previously set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for duck hunting seasons...

FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, HYDE-SMITH HONORS MISS. OFFICERS KILLED IN 2018

Senator Pays Tribute to Law Enforcement, Set to Participate in 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Wednesday

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith delivers National Police Week tribute.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commemorated Mississippi police officers who were killed in 2018 and are being recognized during National Police Week in Washington.

Hyde-Smith delivered...