WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Focuses on Critical Mississippi Flood Control Projects at Army Corps Budget Hearing Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received commitments from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials regarding prioritizing two important Mississippi flood control projects, the Arkabutla Lake dam and the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps. Hyde-Smith focused on the two Mississippi projects during a Senate Energ  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Hyde-Smith Bill Written to Elevate Historic Jefferson College & Grand Village of the Natchez Indians within the National Park System VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Advocates Her Bill to Add Natchez Sites to Natchez National Historical Park. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and the National Park Service (NPS) today agreed to work together to advance legislation she authored to elevate the status of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China. The last time Xi and Putin met, they agreed to make changes in the world "the likes of which we have not seen for 100 years." "This is not just two friends catching up over coffe  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is pausing their plans to consolidate and alter its facilities across the country, which would have made changes to its processing and delivery network. In Mississippi, USPS previously announced they would relocate mail sorting processes from Gulfport to Jackson. Mail would have been sent to Jackson and then returned to Gulfport for distribution to mail carriers. U  more