North Mississippi

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT

Nomination of Mississippian Selected by Trump for Federal Bench Heads to the Senate Floor

Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today hailed committee approval of the nomination of Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $219 MILLION AWARD FOR MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS

COVID-19 Relief Funds Will Support ‘Safety Net’ Hospitals 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended today commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of $219,200,279 in Provider Relief Funds to Mississippi hospitals.

The funds are intended to help “safety net” hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid patients or...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT

Expanding Critical Access Hospital Status to More Rural Hospitals Would Increase Medicare Payment Support

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare payments.

Hyde-Smith is cosponsored the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (S.3103), which would update Medicare...

HYDE-SMITH:  MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY

President Trump Signs Bill Increasing Flexibility of the Paycheck Protection Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she expects Mississippi businesses to take advantage of reforms to the successful Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was created in the CARES Act to help small businesses survive the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump on Friday...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS

Long-Term Fix to Medicare Wage Index Formula Would Address Disparity Benefiting Bigger States

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today threw her support behind legislation to increase Medicare payments to rural states like Mississippi, which could help rural Mississippi hospitals ease growing financial pressures.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, CIVIL UNREST

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the civil unrest it sparked across the nation:

“The civil unrest following the tragic and senseless killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis adds to our nation’s burdens in these unsettling times.  Americans are right to voice their objection to police brutality and lawless violence....