WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024, with Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi: * * * Today, Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02)), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) releasing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIR  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The U. S. Department of Labor's (DOL) incremental award of $175,000 to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to support continued disaster-relief employment for residents as the state continues to recover after severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that killed 21 people and ravaged town  more

BOLTON, Mississippi, March 28 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $2,688,078.95 to the State of Mississippi for Southern Pine Electrical Power Association (SPEPA). This award provides federal funding to the Southern Pine Electrical Power Association for damages to their power distribution systems because o  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) voted to pass a package of six funding bills that will help Americans cope with inflation, support hard-working families, protect women's rights, reinforce America's global leadership, and ensure the safety and security of our communities. "As House Democrats continue to prioritize people over politics, I am proud to have voted for a bipartisan government fu  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., introduced legislation to create a nationwide grant program to help close the physician shortage in rural, underserves areas by increasing the number of community-based training opportunities for medical students in these areas. Mississippi's medical schools and community-based clinics could apply for the grants to award to their students. "We must   more