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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong. The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care. She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically. The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT
Expanding Critical Access Hospital Status to More Rural Hospitals Would Increase Medicare Payment Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare payments.
Hyde-Smith is cosponsored the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (S.3103), which would update Medicare...
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY
President Trump Signs Bill Increasing Flexibility of the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she expects Mississippi businesses to take advantage of reforms to the successful Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was created in the CARES Act to help small businesses survive the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump on Friday...
HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF JONES ACT TO MISS. SHIPBUILDING, ECONOMY
HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF JONES ACT TO MISS. SHIPBUILDING, ECONOMY
June 5th is 100th Anniversary of Jones Act Establishing Preeminence of U.S Domestic Maritime Activities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Jones Act, a pivotal law that has buttressed shipbuilding as a major employer in Mississippi.
To commemorate the centennial milestone of the law, Hyde-Smith noted that Mississippi ranks second nationally in...
Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps
Associated Press
Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued another report Friday favoring agribusinesses over environmentalists in a decades-long battle over a massive flood control project in...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER: 'Insanely fast' flood project races past Interior pushback
Greenwire
MISSISSIPPI RIVER: 'Insanely fast' flood project races past Interior pushback
by Hannah Northey and Ariel Wittenberg
The Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to sign off on a sprawling flood mitigation project in Mississippi that EPA originally vetoed in 2008 — a move that...
Senators introduce bill to avert millions in ‘misguided’ Medicare reimbursement cuts
Radiology Business
Senators introduce bill to avert millions in ‘misguided’ Medicare reimbursement cuts
By Marty Stempniak
Five Republican U.S. Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would avert millions in reimbursements cuts to radiologists and other physician specialists.
The...