WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Miss. Lawmakers Pen Letter to Ag. Sec. Vilsack Seeking Use of Available Unobligated Funds The Mississippi Congressional Delegation today encouraged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to act swiftly to allow private forest landowners in Mississippi to access unobligated emergency forest restoration funds to overcome widespread damages caused by extreme drought and subsequent southern pine beetle infe  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: The Mississippi Congressional Delegation is urging Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to consider Key Field in Meridian as the future home of the new KC-46 aircraft, a military refueling and strategic transport plane. Key Field is already home to KC-135 planes, which are air refueling tankers that provide rapid global mobility and combat support to the U.S. Department of Defense. The 186th Ai  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Mississippi's Congressional Delegation is urging Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to consider Key Field in Meridian as the future home of the new KC-46 aircraft, a military refueling and strategic transport plane. Key Field is already home to KC-135 planes, which are air refueling tankers that provide rapid global mobility and combat support to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The 186th Ai  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that they secured $850,000 in funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget for a project to complete the Mississippi River Greenway. This greenway will be a major recreational amenity serving Dakota County residents and connecting communities, parks, schools, employers, and natural areas along the river. Klobuchar and Smith requested th  more