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.
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Palazzo introduces bill to increase energy production when Strategic Petroleum Reserve is tapped
This legislation is the House of Representatives companion to Senate bill 3287.
By Anne Summerhays
Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) introduced the Strategic Production Response Act...
Monroe Journal
Port of Aberdeen receives $4 million federal grant for rail spur
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – The Port of Aberdeen was one of two Mississippi recipients announced Dec. 23 to receive a shared $8.14 million for infrastructure funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Two Mississippi ports receive $8M in infrastructure funding
By: Cianna Reeves
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – More than $8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant funding will go toward rail projects at two Mississippi ports, Port Bienville in Hancock County and the...
Mississippi Today
Biden appoints Mississippian Corey Wiggins to lead Delta Regional Authority
By Bobby Harrison
Corey Wiggins, the executive director of the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP, has been appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as the federal co-chair for the Delta Regional...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, PALAZZO CELEBRATE $8 MILLION FOR RAIL PROJECTS AT TWO MISSISSIPPI PORTS
U.S. Dept. of Transportation Approves Port Infrastructure Funds for Ports in Hancock and Monroe Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today celebrated the release of more than $8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant funding for rail projects at two Mississippi ports, Port Bienville...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR SCOTUS CASE CHALLENGING EPA CLEAN AIR ACT OVERREACH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 47 Senate colleagues and 44 House members who joined an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the petitioners, including the state of Mississippi, in the pending case West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency.
In this case challenging overreaching Environmental Protection...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $13 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI
USDA Rural Development Funds Projects in Jasper, Monroe, Pontotoc, Quitman, Oktibbeha & Tate Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $13 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants and low-interest loans to support water and broadband infrastructure improvements in six Mississippi communities.
USDA...
HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES DOMESTIC ENERGY CRISIS RELIEF ACT
Measure Aimed at Tapping American Energy to Improve Economy, National Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the Domestic Energy Crisis Relief Act to restore commonsense to U.S. energy policies in a manner that would enhance job creation and energy security.
The Hyde-Smith legislation cites shortcomings in the Biden administration’s energy policies, while pinpointing a series of requirements...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS RUBIO ON A TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OF NASA PROPERTY LEASE PROGRAM
Reauthorization Would Benefit Stennis Space Center Reputation as a ‘Federal City’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and others in introducing legislation to renew an expiring National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) property lease program for two years.
The two-year extension of the NASA Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) program would allow...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL LINKING MORE U.S. ENERGY PRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Tapping Strategic Reserve Would Trigger Inland, Offshore Energy Production Requirements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined fellow Energy and Natural Resources Committee members in introducing legislation to require more U.S. energy production when the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is tapped.
Lawmakers offered the Strategic Production Response Act following...
