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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.


Progress Water Receives $1.25M Grant, $1.9M Loan

Pine Belt News

Progress Water Receives $1.25M Grant, $1.9M Loan

By HASKEL BURNS

For the last several years, officials from Progress Community Water Association in Purvis have had maintenance issues with outdated water lines in the community – some of which were originally installed in the late...

USDA offers funding for rural water project in Lamar Co.

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

USDA offers funding for rural water project in Lamar Co.

By Renaldo Hopkins

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced more than $4.13 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan funding for water infrastructure projects in Lamar and Copiah...

Senator expects growth at local airport

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Senator expects growth at local airport

By Donna Campbell

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith chose her home turf to meet with a representative of Alliance for Aviation Across America and to show off the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport.

Hyde-Smith, along with Sen. Roger Wicker...

HYDE-SMITH NAMES DOUG DAVIS TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF

HYDE-SMITH NAMES DOUG DAVIS TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF

Outgoing Chief Brad White to Lead Governor-Elect Reeves Transition Operation 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today named Doug Davis, a longtime associate and former state senator, as her incoming chief of staff.

Davis, who currently works in Jackson as the Senator’s deputy chief of staff, will replace Brad White, who will be leading the transition for Mississippi Governor-elect Tate Reeves.

“Doug Davis has the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, PALAZZO & GUEST ANNOUNCE $33.1 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, PALAZZO & GUEST ANNOUNCE $33.1 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Gulfport, Starkville Projects Receive Major Boost from U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD Grants 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $33.1 million in federal grant funding for road improvements in Gulfport and Starkville. 

The U.S. Department...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE THE ‘LIFTS’ ACT

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE THE ‘LIFTS’ ACT

Legislation Would Establish a Facility at Stennis Space Center to Modernize Commercial Space Licensing Training

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the Licensing Innovations and Future Technologies in Space (LIFTS) Act.

The bill would modernize training for the federal commercial space licensing workforce and...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION VOTE 

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION VOTE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the Democratic resolution passed by the House of Representatives to establish rules for the partisan impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump:

“The Democrats’ impeachment resolution is biased and rigged to ensure the President, his legal team, and defenders are denied basic procedural and due process rights.  The travesty is...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES WITH SENATE TO ADVANDCE FOUR FUNDING BILLS, CALLS ON DEMS TO COOPERATE ON REMAINING MEASURES

HYDE-SMITH VOTES WITH SENATE TO ADVANDCE FOUR FUNDING BILLS, CALLS ON DEMS TO COOPERATE ON REMAINING MEASURES

Miss. Senator Used Appropriations Committee Position to Support Mississippi Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for passage of four FY2020 funding bills that will support agricultural, NASA, environmental, and transportation projects in Mississippi.

The Senate today approved a FY2020...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT RURAL CO-OPS ACCESS TO BROADBAND GRANTS, FEMA DISASTER RELIEF

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT RURAL CO-OPS ACCESS TO BROADBAND GRANTS, FEMA DISASTER RELIEF

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation now cosponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) would allow rural cooperatives to receive grants and disaster relief assistance without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.

Hyde-Smith has thrown her support behind the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands (RURAL) Act (S.1032).  The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure tax-exempt...