WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $24.8 million to advance safe room projects in Mississippi toward construction, including a large multi-use facility at Copiah-Lincoln (Co-Lin) Community College.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced grants for phase II construction work at the Co-Lin Wesson campus and the Webster County Communication Center Safe Room Project in Walthall, as well as funding for the Tate County Magnolia Heights Safe Room Project in Senatobia.
"We've been through enough severe storms in Mississippi to understand the value of safe rooms. I'm pleased with these FEMA hazard mitigation...