Southwest Region

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES AWARD OF $24.8 MILLION FOR SAFE ROOM CONSTRUCTION IN MISS.

FEMA Grants Will Advance Safe Room Facilities in Lincoln, Webster & Tate Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $24.8 million to advance safe room projects in Mississippi toward construction, including a large multi-use facility at Copiah-Lincoln (Co-Lin) Community College.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced grants for phase II...

HYDE-SMITH OP-ED MAKES CASE FOR ‘BUYING AMERICAN COTTON ACT’

Miss. Senator Pens Opinion Piece Ahead of Ag Committee Hearing on Promoting U.S.-grown Ag Products

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agri-Pulse, an agricultural news source focused on food, fuel, fiber and farm policy coverage, today published an opinion piece written by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith that makes a case for the Buying American Cotton Act (S.1919), which she introduced last May.

The Hyde-Smith op-ed was published shortly before the...

HYDE-SMITH, GOSAR REINTRODUCE ‘GRIP ACT’ TO BLOCK STATE GUN REGISTRIES

Bicameral Legislation Intended to Prohibit the Use of Federal Dollars to Keep Gun Owner Registries

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has again teamed with U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to continue a bicameral fight to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding and background check information to maintain gun registries.

Hyde-Smith and Gosar today...