WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage of a FY2026 transportation and housing appropriations bill she worked to develop as chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee.

Senate approval of the FY2026 THUD Appropriations Bill (71-29) clears it to be returned to the House of Representatives as part of a five-bill package (https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/committee-releases-conferenced-defense-homeland-security-labor-health-and-human-services-education-and-related-agencies-and-transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agenci...