WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $107 MILLION AWARD FOR NEXT AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $107 MILLION AWARD FOR NEXT AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP
Navy Awards Contract to Procure Materials for LHA 9 to Be Built in Pascagoula
The Ingalls-built amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) sails the Gulf of Mexico during builder’s trials held in July. Photo by Derek Fountain/HII
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $107,194,022 Navy contract to Huntington Ingalls to purchase long-lead-time...
WICKER, COONS & HYDE-SMITH WORK TO EXPAND NATIONAL SERVICE TO BOLSTER PANDEMIC RECOVERY
WICKER, COONS & HYDE-SMITH WORK TO EXPAND NATIONAL SERVICE TO BOLSTER PANDEMIC RECOVERY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday reintroduced the Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery to the Pandemic through Service (CORPS) Act, legislation that would expand national service programs significantly to help the country recover and rebuild from COVID-19.
The CORPS Act (S.1165) would increase the number of AmeriCorps...
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) issued a letter Thursday asking President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for a major disaster declaration due to the extreme winter weather that hit the state of...
Wicker backs infrastructure bill on final passage. Hyde-Smith says no, it’s a bridge too far to cross.
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Wicker backs infrastructure bill on final passage. Hyde-Smith says no, it’s a bridge too far to cross.
By Frank Corder
The $1.2 trillion bill now heads to the House as Democrats push another $3.5 trillion spending plan.
After clearing a hurdle on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted...
Senators step up to prevent ag trade suppression
Farm Progress
Senators step up to prevent ag trade suppression
EATS Act prohibits states and local governments from regulating production or manufacturing standards to other states.
By Jacqui Fatka
As the courts continue to uphold the state of California from imposing its production standards on...
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
Meat+Poultry
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
By Erica Shaffer
WASHINGTON – US Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing a law that would limit the “Product of USA” label to beef sourced from cattle that are born, raised and slaughtered...