WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, today heralded the enactment of the first comprehensive housing affordability measure approved by Congress in decades.
The 21st Century ROAD (Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream) to Housing Act (HR.6644) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644/text) includes priority reforms Hyde-Smith has supported to address housing needs in rural America. Hyde-Smith voted with the Senate on June 18 to give the bill its final approval. The bill became law at midnight Friday without President Trump's signa...