Press Releases

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin Williams to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Corinth native is an Alcorn Central High School senior. Benjamin is an outstanding student who has devoted himself to his studies and to co... Read more »

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has selected Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) to serve as the Ranking Member of the new Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations (ISO). The new subcommittee will have jurisdiction over Department of Defense (DoD)... Read more »

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce the launch of the Sergeant First Class Sean Cooley and Specialist Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program. Frayser Hawkins, a U.S. Navy Veteran and native of New Albany, is the first Gold Star fam... Read more »

Washington - Congressmen Steven Palazzo (MS-04), Trent Kelly (MS-01), and Michael Guest (MS-03), have signed a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing their deep concern about the way members of the National Guard were treated during their deployment to the nation's capital. Speci... Read more »

Louisville, Mississippi - Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) is pleased to announce that Camryn Colter of Louisville High School is the winner of the First Congressional District's 2020 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The CAC, an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, invites middle and h... Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Representative Trent Kelly, R-Miss., today announced that Congress has approved a $24.3 million plan by the General Services Administration (GSA) to renovate the Thomas G. Abernethy Courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss. The... Read more »

Bipartisan, Bicameral Support to Extend Telehealth Measures Included in COVID-19 Relief Bills on Temporary Basis WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today joined a bipartisan group of... Read more »

Miss. Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for Hurricane Zeta 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... Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo, R-Miss, Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., on November 2, 2020, released the following statement on the 2020 election: “Americans should have confidence in our voting... Read more »

Washington - Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) is pleased to invite First District middle and high school students, parents, and educators to participate in Virtual Academy Day 2020. Representatives from the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Military ... Read more »