Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong. The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care. She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically. The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.
MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE $71.46 MILLION GRANT FOR GREENVILLE FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECT
MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE $71.46 MILLION GRANT FOR GREENVILLE FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECT
U.S. Dept. of Transportation Grant Would Reduce Congestion in Downtown Greenville, Expedite Freight Travel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $71,460,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to construct 15.6 miles of the Greenville Bypass Freight Corridor, which will complete a U.S. 82 bypass from near the Greenville...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $219 MILLION AWARD FOR MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS
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
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...
Congress approves $24.3M plan for courthouse renovation
Monroe Journal
Congress approves $24.3M plan for courthouse renovation
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – Since late 2017, an approach to remedy mold issues inside the Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building has hit its strides and its stalls. Thanks to a joint effort by Mississippi representation in...
Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps
Associated Press
Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued another report Friday favoring agribusinesses over environmentalists in a decades-long battle over a massive flood control project in...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER: 'Insanely fast' flood project races past Interior pushback
Greenwire
MISSISSIPPI RIVER: 'Insanely fast' flood project races past Interior pushback
by Hannah Northey and Ariel Wittenberg
The Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to sign off on a sprawling flood mitigation project in Mississippi that EPA originally vetoed in 2008 — a move that...