Delta Region

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $4.1 MILLION FOR WORKFORCE PROJECTS IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

Joint Labor Department, Delta Regional Authority, Appalachian Regional Commission Program Will Benefit 14 Mississippi Counties 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced $4.1 million in U.S. Department of Labor grants to support three workforce development projects in rural Mississippi. 

The grants, which will support infrastructure upgrades to strengthen workforce development and...

BLUNT, KLOBUCHAR, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE NEW SENATE LEAVE POLICY FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), a member of the committee, announced a new Senate leave policy for wounded warriors. 

The policy was authorized under H.R. 6160, the House companion measure to a bill introduced by Hyde-Smith, that passed the Senate by unanimous consent...

SENATE PASSES HYDE-SMITH’S BRAIN ANEURYSM AWARENESS RESOLUTION

Measure Promotes Early Detection to Lower Aneurysm Rates that Afflict Over 30,000 Americans Every Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has approved a resolution sponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to increase awareness and detection of brain aneurysms, which afflict more than 30,000 Americans annually—half of whom will die from the ailment.

The Brain Aneurysm Awareness Resolution (S.Res.354) gained unanimous...