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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...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR BILL TO PROTECT DISASTER RELIEF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to provide legal protection to individual medical professionals who volunteer during federally declared disasters.

The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act would amend a 24-year-old law by broadening protections for persons who volunteer independently of a formally recognized...

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.)...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES GREATER RURAL SERVICES UNDER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

In Testimony, Miss. Senator Urges Senate to Find Consensus on Stalled Efforts to Reauthorize Law

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Testifies at Judiciary Committee VAWA Hearing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today advocated for greater attention to serving victims of domestic violence and abuse in rural areas as the Senate attempts to reach...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO PRAISE NAVY CONTRACTS FOR WORK ON MISS. COAST

Navy Approves $54 Million Award for United States Marine Inc., $9.2 Million for Rolls Royce Foundry Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss), today praised the award of two U.S. Navy contracts for shipbuilding-related work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The Navy awarded a five-year, $54.3 million contract to United States...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR AFGHANISTAN ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have cosponsored comprehensive legislation to address outstanding issues related to the Biden administration’s ill-planned and disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are original cosponsors of the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act (S.2863).  The measure outlines a list of requirements to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL OUT HARMFUL MARRIAGE PENALTIES IN DEMOCRATS’ TAX & SPEND BILL

Miss. Senators Urge Support for Strong Families, Removal of Penalties on Married Couples from Package

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to urge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to remove new tax penalties that would discourage marriage from the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SIGNAL OPPOSITION TO REJOINING U.N. ARMS TRADE TREATY

Second Amendment Rights Threatened if Biden Rejoins International Gun Control Pact 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today affirmed their opposition to any effort by President Biden to rejoin the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement to regulate trade in firearms.

The Mississippi Senators are among 37 Republican Senators who signed a...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST  ANNOUNCE $1.7 MILLION IN EDUCATION GRANTS FOR MISS. SCHOOLS

Southwest Mississippi Community College, Alcorn State & JSU Receive Grant Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced the award of U.S. Department of Education grants totaling more than $1.7 million to Southwest Mississippi Community College (SMCC), Alcorn State University (ASU), and Jackson...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO DELAY FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM HIKES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Risk Rating 2.0 rollout until Sept. 30, 2022.

The NFIP Risk Rating 2.0 Delay Act of 2021 (S.2869) was introduced in response to FEMA intent to allow the Oct. 1 launch of Risk Rating 2.0, its new rating system for pricing...