Press Releases

TUPELO - Today, U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the family of U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Embra Jackson, Sr., during a ceremony held at the First United Methodist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi. In July 1943, Mr. Jackson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps... Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Mississippi congressional delegation, which includes U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., today sent a letter to President Jos... Read more »

Washington - The House Armed Services Committee has passed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 57 to 2. "The passage of the NDAA out of the Armed Services Committee marks the next major step in ensuring that we are sustaining our victories against foreign adve... Read more »

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) will host Virtual Academy Day 2021. This is an opportunity for Mississippi's First Congressional District parents, students, and educators to learn more about America's prestigious service academies. Representatives will be participating from the ... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, led House Armed Services Committee Republicans in pressing the Biden administration for a plan on Afghanistan. In the letter the members wrote, “For months, we have been asking you for a ... Read more »

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Trent Kelly is pleased to announce that President Joe Biden has signed into law H.R. 208. The legislation names the U.S. Post Office located at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, the "Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris Post Office." Colonel Harris was held as... Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., along with U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Trent Kelly, R-Miss., celebrated the designation of August 1, 2021 as Gold Star Children’s Day. On Thursday, the Senate passed a resolution introduced by Wicker and... Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Mississippi congressional delegation and the House Pro-Life Caucus today led more than 200 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief supporting the State of Mississippi in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s law ... Read more »

WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Trent Kelly is pleased to announce the passage of H.R. 208, by both chambers in the U.S. Congress. The bill now awaits the President's signature. This legislation will name the U.S. Post Office located at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, the Colonel Carly... Read more »

WASHINGTON – In the wake of a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) that would address what the head of the National Guard Bureau, Army General Daniel Hokanson, called “one of my most pressing concerns”, several military and service member sup... Read more »