Mississippi Special

MISS. DELEGATION:  MEDGAR EVERS DESERVES PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. 

Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12...

HYDE-SMITH EXTOLS JODIE FELTON OF CLEVELAND, 2023 ‘ANGELS IN ADOPTION’ HONOREE

Senator Recognizes Two Other Mississippi Honorees Cited by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

PHOTO (left to right):  Senator Hyde-Smith with Angels in Adoption Honorees Harrison County Youth Court Judge Michael Dickinson, Jodie Felton of Cleveland, and Felton’s Friend Ruthie Hall of Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday commended Jodie Felton of Cleveland...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON FORMER GULFPORT MAYOR GEORGE SCHLOEGEL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement on the passing of former Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel:

“Gulfport is what it is today because of the leadership, intelligence, and determination that characterized George Schloegel.  Throughout his career as a banker, civic leader, and as mayor during those unsettled years right after Hurricane Katrina, he remained focused on making...

SENATE PASSES WICKER, HYDE-SMITH RESOLUTION HONORING JIMMY BUFFETT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in honor of the late singer-songwriter, James “Jimmy” William Buffett, who passed away last month.

The Senate passed the resolution (S.401) by unanimous consent on Wednesday night.

“One of the great Mississippi-born musicians, Jimmy Buffett taught a generation of Parrotheads how to pass...