Longtime Senate leader, Bob Dole, passes away at age 98
Former Kansas Republican Senator and 1996 GOP Presidential Nominee Bob Dole passed away Sunday in his sleep at the age of 98. Tributes are pouring...
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MS timber businesses to get $15.7 million in pandemic assistance payments
by Andi Davis
Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith says the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin distributing more than $15.7 million to Mississippi timber harvesters and timber hauling...
Wicker Presses Democrats to Fund Military
In his Weekly Report from Congress, Senator Roger Wicker is pressing Democrats to fund the military, saying the delay sends a message of weakness...
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson expressing disappointment in re-implementation of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
The U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement on the re-implementation of the Trump Administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy. Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS),...
Miss. Senator Calls for ‘Intolerable Consequences’ If Putin Moves On Ukraine
More than 90-thousand Russian troops have amassed on or near the Ukrainian border in recent weeks. Senator Roger Wicker–a member of the Senate Armed...
Governor Reeves Announces Six Restoration Projects Totaling $26 Million
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund has approved six restoration projects and two amended projects totally $26.8-million. They’ll be administered...
Bill introduced to link more U.S. energy production to the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
by Andi Davis
Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has joined fellow Energy and Natural Resources Committee members in introducing legislation to require more U.S. energy production when the...
Senator Roger Wicker Rallies for Life at Supreme Court
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker gathered at the Supreme Court in Washington today with several other Mississippi dignitaries in advance of oral arguments in the...
Op-ed from Senator Roger Wicker: Time to End Roe v. Wade
by Andi Davis
The following Op-Ed was written by Senator Roger Wicker On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a Mississippi case that could...
Homeland Security Announces Increased TSA Enforcement of Mask Mandate
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Chairwoman of the Transportation and...