Senate committee advances Granholm nomination to lead Energy

The Hill

Senate committee advances Granholm nomination to lead Energy

By Rachel Frazin

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-4 on Wednesday to advance to the full Senate the nomination of former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to be secretary of Energy.

Republican Sens...

Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems

Tri-State Livestock News

Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems

By Jerry Hagstrom

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to be Agriculture secretary, but only after several members urged him to address the same...

Sen. Hyde-Smith announces CPB will pay $21.2M for security helicopters

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Sen. Hyde-Smith announces CPB will pay $21.2M for security helicopters

Staff Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said Tuesday the Customs and Border Protection...

Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed

National Hog Farmer

Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed

Resolution expresses desire to see Navigable Waters Protection rule in place.

by Jacqui Fatka

Republican members of Senate are urging support for a resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers...

MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

SuperTalk Mississippi News

MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

by Steven Gagliano

A large chunk of federal funding will aid Mississippi’s vaccination distribution efforts. 

$32 million in grant funding has been awarded to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to support...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON VOTE TO ACQUIT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON VOTE TO ACQUIT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement on her vote against convicting former President Donald J. Trump of inciting the deadly mob violence that overtook the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021:

“First, the impeachment of a former President is not part of the Constitution, which states clearly that ‘impeachment shall not extend further than to remove from office.’  Donald Trump is...