MISS. SENATORS REINTRODUCE BILL TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN UNDERSERVED, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES

MISS. SENATORS REINTRODUCE BILL TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN UNDERSERVED, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES

Bipartisan Legislation Would Create a New Tax Credit to Promote Private Investment in Community Lenders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to promote lasting economic prosperity in low-income...

HYDE-SMITH & EZELL ANNOUNCE $365,000 GRANT TO HELP ESTABLISH NONSTOP MISS. GULF COAST–WASHINGTON, D.C. FLIGHTS

HYDE-SMITH & EZELL ANNOUNCE $365,000 GRANT TO HELP ESTABLISH NONSTOP MISS. GULF COAST–WASHINGTON, D.C. FLIGHTS

Grant Boosts Goal of Nonstop Flights to Gulfport-Biloxi to Support Defense, Space Sectors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today announced a $365,000 grant to the Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority to embark on a process to establish a nonstop flight service to a Washington, D.C.-area airport.

Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE TACKLE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN U.S. AGRICULTURE

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE TACKLE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN U.S. AGRICULTURE

Beyond Foreign Land Purchases, Miss. Senator Points Out U.S. Lag in Ag R&D Poses Strategic Risk to Nation

092723 Ag hearing thumbnail
VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Undue Influence on U.S. Agricultural Systems.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith at Ag Hearing on Foreign Ownership.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), while agreeing that foreign ownership of U.S. agriculture interests represents a national security issue, noted...

HYDE-SMITH & CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

HYDE-SMITH & CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

Bipartisan Measure Would Create Emergency Preparedness & Response Program for Water and Wastewater Utilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is the lead Republican sponsor of legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) to improve the ability of rural water and wastewater systems to prepare for and respond to natural disasters or...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME ENACTMENT OF ORGAN DONATION REFORM BILL

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME ENACTMENT OF ORGAN DONATION REFORM BILL

Miss. Senators Cosponsored Measure to Change Policy that Harms Transplant Patients in the South, Midwest 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the enactment of legislation they backed to break up the monopoly contract that manages the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

President Biden on Friday signed the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and...

Lawmakers cry foul on USDA changes to stretch disaster aid money

CQ News
Dec. 7, 2023 – 11:22 a.m.

Lawmakers cry foul on USDA changes to stretch disaster aid money

By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ

The Agriculture Department's payment formula for the second phase of the emergency disaster relief program has sparked letters of concern from Republicans and a request for a...