The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as the lead agency for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Coast Guard, plays an important role in Mississippi.
Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to working closely with FEMA and other federal agencies to ensure Mississippians are prepared for natural disasters and emergency situations. She supports hazard mitigation policies, which have proven to help save lives and save taxpayer dollars.
The Senator also supports Homeland Security efforts to protect the American people from domestic and foreign threats, which include ensuring a strong and well-equipped U.S. Coast Guard.
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR HURRICANE IDA
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR HURRICANE IDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden urging him to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a major disaster declaration for Hurricane Ida.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.)...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO PRAISE NAVY CONTRACTS FOR WORK ON MISS. COAST
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO PRAISE NAVY CONTRACTS FOR WORK ON MISS. COAST
Navy Approves $54 Million Award for United States Marine Inc., $9.2 Million for Rolls Royce Foundry Work
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss), today praised the award of two U.S. Navy contracts for shipbuilding-related work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Navy awarded a five-year, $54.3 million contract to United States...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR AFGHANISTAN ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR AFGHANISTAN ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have cosponsored comprehensive legislation to address outstanding issues related to the Biden administration’s ill-planned and disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Wicker and Hyde-Smith are original cosponsors of the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act (S.2863). The measure outlines a list of requirements to...
U.S. Secretary of the Navy ‘inspired’ by Ingalls Shipbuilding
WLOX-TV Biloxi
U.S. Secretary of the Navy ‘inspired’ by Ingalls Shipbuilding
By Mike Lacy
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Wednesday was a homecoming for U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro.
While in the Navy, he worked on the USS Bulkeley at Ingalls.
“I actually spend a year and a half living...
Hyde-Smith joins bill to sanction Beijing for ongoing obstruction of COVID-19 origins investigation
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith joins bill to sanction Beijing for ongoing obstruction of COVID-19 origins investigation
By Anne Summerhays
Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) announced that she has joined around fourteen of her Senate colleagues in cosponsoring the Coronavirus Origin...
Inclusion of women in military draft dropped from defense bill as Congress scrambles to pass NDAA
The Washington Times
Inclusion of women in military draft dropped from defense bill as Congress scrambles to pass NDAA
By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees agreed Tuesday to strike from the annual defense authorization bill language that...