Rural Communities

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEFEND PARENTS’ RIGHT TO GUIDE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN

Miss. Senators Cosponsor Resolution Condemning Biden Administration Attempts to Restrict Parental Involvement in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday cosponsored a resolution supporting parents’ rights to be fully and actively involved in the education of their children. 

The resolution (S.Res.431) also condemns recent actions by the Biden...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES WANT FEDERAL WORKERS TO RETURN TO DUTY STATIONS

Despite COVID Vaccination Progress, Many Fed Agencies Retain Remote Work Status, Affecting Public Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to require federal government workers to return to their duty stations as COVID-19 vaccines and health management practices make it safer to resume in-person activities.

Hyde-Smith is cosponsoring the Having Employees Return to...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS FAMILIES & BUSINESSES WILL PAY MORE FOR BAD BIDEN ENERGY POLICIES

‘Prices are Headed in the Wrong Direction. The Biden Administration is Headed in the Wrong Direction.’

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Further Harm from Biden Energy Crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said families and businesses in Mississippi and across the nation will continue to pay the price for President Biden’s self-inflicted American energy crisis.

With...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.87 MILLION FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEHEALTH PROJECTS IN THREE MISS. SCHOOL DISTRICTS

USDA Rural Development Grants to Support Networks in Clay, Lawrence & Scott Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the award of grants worth more than $1.87 million for distance learning and telehealth networks in three rural Mississippi school districts.

The U.S. Department of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT MOVE TO BLOCK DEMOCRATS’ IRS SNOOPING PROPOSAL

Miss. Senators Cosponsor ‘Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped introduce the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats’ plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American.

The legislation (S...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $10.6 MILLION DEFENSE CONTRACT FOR GOLDEN MANUFACTURING

Golden, Miss., Manufacturer to Provide Additional Trousers for U.S. Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended a $10.6 million award to Golden Manufacturing, Co., Inc. in Tishomingo County to produce trousers for the U.S. Army and Navy. 

The contract represents the second one-year extension to the original $15.9 million award issued in 2019 to...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $10.9 MILLION IN USDA FUNDS FOR WATER & WASTEWATER UPGRADES IN RURAL MISS.

USDA Rural Development Loan/Grant Awards for Work in DeSoto, Grenada, Perry & Pike Counties 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the approval of $10.9 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding to improve water and wastewater systems for four rural Mississippi communities.

Projects in DeSoto, Grenada, Perry, and Pike counties will...

HYDE-SMITH APPLAUDS $3.96 MILLION TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MISS.

DOJ Office of Violence Against Women Funding Supports Statewide, Community Anti-Violence, Intervention & Assistance Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the award of more than $3.96 million in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) funding to support efforts to combat violence against women in Mississippi.

The DOJ Office on Violence Against Women approved the FY2021...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PRESS BIDEN TO NAME A FEDERAL CO-CHAIR FOR DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

Filling Position Would Promote Greater Opportunities in Eight-State Delta Region

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined colleagues in asking President Biden to name a Federal Co-Chair to the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), a position needed to allow the organization to fully use its ability to make investments in the eight-state Delta Region.

Hyde-Smith joined Senators...

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.)...