WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 15, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Quitman County Administrator, Beatrice Pryor. Beatrice Pryor was born in February 1992 to the late Lena Marie Pryor in Crenshaw, Mississippi. She is the youngest of three siblings, including McRickeo and Ericka Pryor. In her early years, her mother, Renae Crowder, and her sist  more