WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE $2.0 MILLION GRANT FOR USM MARINE RESEARCH CENTER
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE $2.0 MILLION GRANT FOR USM MARINE RESEARCH CENTER
RESTORE Act Funding to Support Upgrades for Oceans Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), today announced a $2,019,655 grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to make improvements to the University of Southern Mississippi Marine Research Center.
The funds are being made available as...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR DEFENSE POLICY BILL WITH MILITARY PAY RAISE, INCREASED NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENTS
HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR DEFENSE POLICY BILL WITH MILITARY PAY RAISE, INCREASED NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENTS
Authorization Measure Sets Tone for Defense Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for passage of a national defense bill that authorizes funding and policies to ensure American military dominance into the future.
The FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (S.1790), approved 86-8, establishes defense policies for the upcoming...
HYDE-SMITH: COMMERCE DEPT. HAS FUNDS NOW TO ADDRESS MISSISSIPPI FISHERIES DISASTER
HYDE-SMITH: COMMERCE DEPT. HAS FUNDS NOW TO ADDRESS MISSISSIPPI FISHERIES DISASTER
Citing Mounting Challenges for Gulf Coast, Hyde-Smith Urges Commerce Sec. to Take Swift Action to Use Available Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to take swift action to approve a fishery disaster determination for the Mississippi Gulf Coast, using recently-approved funding for fishery disaster assistance.
Hyde-Smith, who serves...
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE
Senate Approves Measure to Fund President’s Border Crisis Request
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of emergency supplemental funding sought by President Trump to address the ongoing crisis on the southern border:
“U.S. border security, law enforcement, and health agencies have been overwhelmed by the waves of people trying to enter our...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO ENSURE ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO ENSURE ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING
Bipartisan Bill Would Stop Recommendation Limiting Screening for Women in Their 40s
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is taking action to ensure women in their 40s have access to lifesaving breast cancer screenings by cosponsoring legislation to halt a federal recommendation that would limit insurance coverage for this preventative care procedure.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Protecting...
Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time
CBS News
Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time
By Caitlin O'Kane
Americans are about to "spring forward" and adjust their clocks for Daylight Saving Time, and a group of lawmakers wants to make it the last clock change ever. A bipartisan bill has been introduced...
Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam
WTOK-TV Meridian
Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam
By Andrew Samet
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We will be moving the clock forward by one hour early Sunday morning and there is a push in the nation’s capital to make this time change permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was...
Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA
Environment and Energy News
Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA
By Kevin Bogardus
The Senate this evening confirmed Michael Regan to be EPA administrator in a vote with bipartisan support.
President Biden's nominee to lead the agency was approved 66-34, with several Republican senators...
Senators Push For Increase Rice Trade With Iraq
Brownfield Ag News
Senators Push For Increase Rice Trade With Iraq
By Meghan Grebner
Senators from rice producing states are urging American and Iraqi officials to take steps to increase US rice exports to Iraq.
The group says both the Iraqi people and American farmers would benefit from the...
Pro-Life Evangelicals Who Supported Biden Feel Betrayed Over COVID Relief Bill's Exclusion Of Hyde Amendment
Christianity Today
Pro-Life Evangelicals Who Supported Biden Feel Betrayed Over COVID Relief Bill's Exclusion Of Hyde Amendment
By Olivia Cavallaro
Members of the Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden coalition has expressed their deep concern for the new COVID relief bill, which not only excludes the...