Southwest Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL OUT HARMFUL MARRIAGE PENALTIES IN DEMOCRATS’ TAX & SPEND BILL

Miss. Senators Urge Support for Strong Families, Removal of Penalties on Married Couples from Package

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to urge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to remove new tax penalties that would discourage marriage from the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST  ANNOUNCE $1.7 MILLION IN EDUCATION GRANTS FOR MISS. SCHOOLS

Southwest Mississippi Community College, Alcorn State & JSU Receive Grant Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced the award of U.S. Department of Education grants totaling more than $1.7 million to Southwest Mississippi Community College (SMCC), Alcorn State University (ASU), and Jackson...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SIGNAL OPPOSITION TO REJOINING U.N. ARMS TRADE TREATY

Second Amendment Rights Threatened if Biden Rejoins International Gun Control Pact 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today affirmed their opposition to any effort by President Biden to rejoin the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement to regulate trade in firearms.

The Mississippi Senators are among 37 Republican Senators who signed a...