WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO DEFEND AMERICANS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY Bill Would Eliminate Fines for Refusing to Respond to Intrusive Census Bureau Survey WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday signed as an original cosponsor of legislation to eliminate federal punishments that could be imposed on Mississippians who refuse to respond to an annual government   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HUD APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE Hyde-Smith Also Lands Military Construction-VA Spot, Will Serve on Six Subcommittees of Importance to Mississippi WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was officially named as the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Wicker Reintroduces Bill to Develop National Broadband Strategy WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today reintroduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act. The legislation requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to develop a national strategy to close the digital divide, as well as a plan to implement this st  more