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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2019

Hyde-Smith votes for defense policy bill with military pay raise, increased national security investments

Authorization Measure Sets Tone for Defense Appropriations Bill U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for passage of a national defense bill that authorizes funding and policies to ensure American military dominance into the future. The FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (S.1790), approved 86-8, establishes defense policies for the upcoming fiscal year and supports President…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2019

Congressman Michael Guest Votes to Reauthorize the Department of State for the first time since 2002: Two of the Congressman’s priorities included in final passage of H.R. 3352

Yesterday, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03), a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, voted to approve H.R. 3352, Department of State Authorization Act of 2019, enabling the legislation to be considered by the full House of Representatives. Congressman Guest outlined the significance of the Committee’s action to reauthorize the State Department, which has not been…