Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation. She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth. She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs. Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi governor and Jackson mayor appear together for second time at Jackson State
Wicker Perlis
In their second joint news conference since the water crisis began in Jackson more than a week ago, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Gov. Tate Reeves appeared side-by-side...
Daily Energy Insider
End supply chain shortages to protect Southeast’s electric infrastructure, GOP tells Biden
Published on September 06, 2022 by Kim Riley
With the start of storm season, President Joe Biden must immediately address the supply chain shortages threatening the Southeast’s electric...
The Yazoo Herald
Residents Continue To Wait For Backwater Pumps
By Jamie Patterson
Residents are still demanding answers and relief when it comes to the status of the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project.
Town hall meetings and panels of elected and federal officials have recently held meetings...
E&E Daily
Progressive opposition grows ahead of permitting bill release
By George Cahlink
Congress could unveil stopgap spending legislation this week that could carry a contentious permitting reform overhaul and aid to address the water crisis in Jackson, Miss.
The House will return from...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $5 MILLION AWARD TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SHIPBUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the award of $4,999,634 from the U.S. Department of Defense to the State of Mississippi to modernize the state’s shipbuilding industry.
The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program funding will...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $7.7 MILLION FOR NORTH MISS. INFRASTRUCTURE
Appalachian Regional Commission Awards Nine Grants for Road and Building Improvements, Site Developments, and Water Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $7.7 million for nine infrastructure projects in multiple Mississippi counties in the Appalachia region.
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) approved the grants, which are...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES $30.3 MILLION USDA GRANTS TO EXPAND INTERNET SERVICE IN RURAL MISS.
USDA Rural Development ReConnect Grants Will Support More Broadband Fiber Service in Seven Counties
WASHINTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of more than $30.0 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development funding for broadband fiber delivery to residents in seven rural Mississippi counties.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Agriculture...
HYDE-SMITH ASKS BIDEN ADMIN. TO AMEND FUNDING REQUEST TO INCLUDE JACKSON WATER CRISIS
Miss. Senator Suggests Capital City Emergency Warrants as Much Attention as Other Disasters and Monkeypox
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked the Biden administration to submit a new funding request to Congress to help resolve the water crisis in Jackson, arguing the Mississippi capital city’s emergency needs to be on par with other disaster situations around the country.
I...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE BIDEN TO ADDRESS SUPPLY CHAIN THREATS TO SOUTHEAST ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Miss. Senators, Colleagues Sign Letter on Shortages that Put Grid at Risk Ahead of Storm Season
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week joined colleagues in calling on President Biden to immediately address the urgent supply chain shortages threatening the Southeast region’s electric infrastructure as storm season begins.
U.S. Senator...
Lafayette (La.) Daily Advertiser
Bill that could bring billions of coastal restoration dollars to Louisiana heads to Senate
By William Taylor Potter,
A U.S. Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that could send billions of dollars for coastal restoration to Louisiana and other Gulf Coast...
