WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Tennessee and Arkansas Departments of Transportation were successful in securing $393,750,000 for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis to be known as America's River Crossing. Congressman Cohen has worked diligently with the Biden-Harris Administration to  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with Illinois members of Communities for Responsible and Efficient Waterways (CREW) to discuss federal support for projects along the Illinois Waterway and Illinois and Mississippi Canal that will maintain and improve access and mitigate flooding along the corridor. A photo from the meeting is available at the Senator's website. "Protecting and strengthening our inland  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Miss. Senator Says FTC Investigation Shows Consumers, Small Pharmacies Being Hurt by PBM Practices Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its investigation into pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) following the release of an interim report indicating consumers are paying higher prices because powerful prescription drug middlemen have a monopoly gr  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senate Appropriators Advance Bill with $47.7 Million for Work in Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for committee passage of an FY2025 appropriations measure that recommends $47.7 million for construction projects at military installations across Mississippi. Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved the FY2025 Military Construction and Veterans   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Miss. Senator Serves on Subcommittee that Crafted FY2025 Agriculture, Rural Development Appropriations Bill Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped provide unanimous committee approval of funding legislation that supports agricultural and rural development needs in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee that drafted the FY2025 Agriculture,  more