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HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS EFFORT TO CLOSE CHINESE “WET” MARKETS LINKED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Miss. Senator Calls for Global Ban on Wet Markets Considered Breeding Ground for Pandemic Diseases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she has joined a bipartisan push for a global ban on live wildlife or “wet” markets to help prevent future pandemics like the novel coronavirus now damaging the U.S. health system and economy.

Hyde-Smith is among the Senators who are...

MISS. SENATORS JOIN LETTER CALLING FOR MORE STATE CONTROL OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS

Mississippi to Receive $1.25 Billion to Assist with COVID-19 Outbreak

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting flexibility for states to use funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to assist local governments with coronavirus response efforts.

Mississippi will...

MANCHIN & HYDE-SMITH LEAD BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR HHS TO PRIORITIZE RURAL HOSPITALS IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led a bipartisan group of 19 Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider the needs of rural hospitals and hospitals with high percentages of Medicaid and Medicare patients as HHS distributes the $100 billion healthcare fund included in the CARES Act...

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 

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

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 PRAISES $1.5 BILLION NAVY CONTRACT TO KEEP MISS. SHIPBUILDING LINE STRONG 

Accelerated Contract for Transport Dock Ship Linked to Saving Jobs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the award of a $1.5 billion contract to a Mississippi shipbuilder as part of federal actions to promote national security, jobs, and the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Navy has awarded...

HYDE-SMITH NOTES $51.9 MILLION IN GOMESA FUNDING FOR MISSISSIPPI

State & Three Coast Counties Get Offshore Energy Production Allocations for Coastal Rehabilitation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today welcomed the distribution of more than $51.9 million in federal offshore energy royalty revenue for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation activities in Mississippi, a significant increase...

HYDE-SMITH:  MISS. COUNTIES TO RECEIVE NEARLY $4.3 MILLION THROUGH SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS PROGRAM 

U.S. Forest Service Payments Going to 34 Mississippi Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced nearly $4.3 million will be distributed to Mississippi counties through the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Program.

In all, 34 counties in Mississippi in which national forests are situated will be able to use the funding for the benefit of...