Mississippi Special

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR LEGISLATION TO HONOR EMMETT TILL’S LEGACY 

Miss. Senators Sponsor Bill to Establish Till’s Funeral Location as a National Historic Site

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday joined Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth to introduce legislation that would establish Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955, as a national historic site. 

“I am pleased to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT EFFORT TO RENAME TUPELO POST OFFICE FOR MISSISSIPPI VETERAN

Senate Committee Advances Bill to Name Building After Vietnam War Veteran Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered committee approval of legislation to rename the U.S. post office at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo after Mississippi native and Vietnam War Veteran Colonel Carlyle “Smitty” Harris.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS SARAH THOMAS’ HISTORIC ROLE IN SUPER BOWL LV

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Praises Sarah Thomas’ History-making Role in Sunday’s Super Bowl.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate floor speech, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week heralded the historic role Mississippi native Sarah Thomas will play on Sunday as the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl game.

Hyde-Smith’s speech praised the successful trajectory of Thomas’ career from student athlete, an academic All-American...