HYDE-SMITH: USDA OFFERS $4.13 MILLION FOR RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN LAMAR & COPIAH COUNTIES
HYDE-SMITH: USDA OFFERS $4.13 MILLION FOR RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN LAMAR & COPIAH COUNTIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced more than $4.13 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan funding for water infrastructure projects in Lamar and Copiah Counties.
The two loan-grant awards to the Progress Community Water Association in Purvis and the Copiah Water Association, Inc...
BLUNT, KLOBUCHAR, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE NEW SENATE LEAVE POLICY FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS
BLUNT, KLOBUCHAR, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE NEW SENATE LEAVE POLICY FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), a member of the committee, announced a new Senate leave policy for wounded warriors.
The policy was authorized under H.R. 6160, the House companion measure to a bill introduced by Hyde-Smith, that passed the Senate by unanimous consent...
HYDE-SMITH: ARMY AWARDS $10.3 MILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR STARKVILLE ARMY RESERVE CENTER
HYDE-SMITH: ARMY AWARDS $10.3 MILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR STARKVILLE ARMY RESERVE CENTER
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that a veteran-owned Mississippi company has been awarded a $10.3 million contract to build a new Guy II & Will Jones U.S. Army Reserve Center (USARC) in Starkville.
The Army awarded the construction contract to Trans4Fed, LLC, of Purvis, a company described as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.
“This is a...
Women Senators Reflect on the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage
Smithsonian Magazine
Women Senators Reflect on the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage
Twenty-four lawmakers shared testimonials with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
By Meilan Solly, SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
When suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the United States House of...
Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility
US Ag Net
Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility
Iowa Ag Connection - 08/18/2020
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Monday sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to urge the Department to...
Women’s Right to Vote: “A monumental victory for equality, justice, and America.”
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Women’s Right to Vote: “A monumental victory for equality, justice, and America.”
By Andi Davis
100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
In honor of the historic event, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation and said the...