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 JOBS ACT’
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’
Bipartisan Bill Would Focus New Market Tax Credits toward Fighting Rural Poverty, Creating Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to put greater focus on using New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to increase job-creating investments in rural communities.
The Rural Jobs Act (S.1671) would expand upon the U.S. Treasury Department program by designating $500 million in NMTC investments for “Rural...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $10.3 MILLION IN FAA GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $10.3 MILLION IN FAA GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS
FAA Airport Improvement Program Grants Offer Support to 10 Facilities Statewide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $10.3 million for improvements at 10 Mississippi airfields. The U.S. Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will award the grants.
“Mississippi’s airports keep passengers...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION USDA ACTION TO BOOST SHRIMP INDUSTRY
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION USDA ACTION TO BOOST SHRIMP INDUSTRY
USDA Commits to Purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commitment to purchase an additional $25 million in wild-caught shrimp that should benefit the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The USDA on Thursday announced the purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp through its...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest call for Medicare Telehealth Benefits extension
Pontotoc Progress
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest call for Medicare Telehealth Benefits extension
Special to the Progress
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representative Michael Guest, R-Miss., last week were among a group of 45 legislators calling for the...
Senators call on congressional leaders to extend pandemic telehealth securities
WIBW-TV Topeka, Kan.
Senators call on congressional leaders to extend pandemic telehealth securities
By Sarah Motter
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Both of Kansas’s elected U.S. Senators are calling on congressional leaders to include language that extends telehealth securities set in place during the...
Sen. Kennedy: EPA actions would hurt Louisiana's small refineries, raise gas prices
Gonzales (La.) Weekly Citizen
Sen. Kennedy: EPA actions would hurt Louisiana's small refineries, raise gas prices
Staff Report
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) in pushing Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan into reconsidering two...