WICKER, HYDE–SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.18 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

WICKER, HYDE–SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.18 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Miss. Senators Applaud FEMA Grants for Fire Departments

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $3,175,628 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to fire departments in throughout Mississippi.

The grants are being awarded as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to departments in Byram...

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Senator Will Help Reconcile Senate-House Differences on FY2019 Appropriations for Agriculture, Transportation & Other Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been named to the negotiation team that will work to resolve differences on a FY2019 appropriations package to fund federal agriculture, transportation, and other programs.

“I am committed to being a good steward...

SENATE PASSES ‘GOLD STAR FAMILIES’ RESOLUTION AUTHORED BY SENATOR HYDE-SMITH

SENATE PASSES ‘GOLD STAR FAMILIES’ RESOLUTION AUTHORED BY SENATOR HYDE-SMITH

Miss. Senator’s Measure Designates Sept. 23-29, 2018, as ‘Gold Star Families Remembrance Week’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution authored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) that honors the families of fallen members of the Armed Forces by designating Sept. 23-29, 2018, as “Gold Star Families Remembrance Week.”

Approved by unanimous consent late Thursday, S.Res.522 was introduced...

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

By Steven Lemongello

If passed by Congress the U.S. would simply spring forward an hour in March one year and just stay there forever.

Could this have been the last fall that America set its clocks back?

U...

LYME TIME:  We Did It!

Boothbay (Maine) Register

LYME TIME:  We Did It!

By Paula Jackson Jones

Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...