Southwest Region

HYDE-SMITH RELEASES INDEPENDENCE DAY STATEMENT AS NATION CELEBRATES ITS 250th ANNIVERSARY

“We are Always Strongest When We Come Together in Gratitude, Pride & Patriotism”

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Issues Statement Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued an Independence Day statement as Mississippians and citizens across the United States ramp up to commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the...

MISS. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS TRUMP FOR APPROVING MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today applauded President Trump for approving Mississippi’s request for a major disaster declaration after devastating tornadoes and severe weather struck the state on May 6 and 7...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.3 MILLION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT NINE MISS. AIRPORTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that nine municipal airfields in Mississippi have been awarded more than $17.3 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant funding.

The 10 grants for Mississippi are among the Round 4 announcement of FY2026 AIP grants approved by the Federal...