HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $20M FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS AT MISS. AIRPORTS

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $20M FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS AT MISS. AIRPORTS

Two Dozen Mississippi Airports Will Receive Funds for Infrastructure, Safety Upgrades

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today reported that 24 municipal airfields in Mississippi have been awarded just over $20 million for facility improvements.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the third...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Provides Lifeline to Rural Communities, Including Six in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted bipartisan legislation she’s joined to extend a federal health program that provides a financial lifeline to rural hospitals, including six participating facilities in Mississippi.

The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

At Budget Hearing, VA Sec. Also Confirms Department Will Not Revive Controversial VA Disability Rating Proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make a priority to direct some of its record investment in capital improvements to rural VA clinics.

The FY2027 budget request was the focus of a Senate Military Construction and Veterans...

Democrats tank DHS funding bill for fourth time

The Center Square

Democrats tank DHS funding bill for fourth time

By Thérèse Boudreaux

(The Center Square) – U.S. Senate Democrats tanked the Department of Homeland Security funding bill for a fourth time Thursday, ensuring the department’s funding lapse will span at least a month.

With three...

Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on domestic consumption

The Fence Post

Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on domestic consumption

By Jerry Hagstrom, The Hagstrom Report

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Tuesday at which farm leaders presented ideas on how to increase domestic consumption amid an oversupply of commodities and trade...

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 81
(Senate - May 12, 2022) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, every single day, law enforcement 
officers across the Nation put on a badge and leave for work to protect 
and serve our families and communities, not knowing if they will...

TAX INCREASES

TAX INCREASES

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 128
(Senate - July 21, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to join 
a number of my colleagues representing farm States to sound the alarm 
to the millions of rural Americans who will be harmed by proposed tax 
ch...

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
(Senate - July 27, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to join my colleagues in 
expressing my grave concern over the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-
Manning to be the Director of the...