WASHINGTON - On December 19, Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02) with Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Trent Kelly (MS-01), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), and Steve Stivers (OH-15) along with Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the below statements following the introduction of H.R. 5491, the Body Armor for Females Modernization Act (BAFMA):
“Fort Jackson… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), legislation that will modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the first time in 24 years and create new economic opportunities in Mississippi and across America.
Currently, Mississippi's economy benefits from the $3.2 billion in exports to Canada and… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 passed the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. This bill strengthens and modernizes our national defense readiness on multiple fronts, enabling our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to respond to any threat against America.
The FY2020 NDAA supports a 3.1 percent pay raise… Read more »
Miss. Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for October Storm Damage
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 Donald J.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed my legislation, H.R. 1615, the Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act, also known as the VA-SBA Act.
This common-sense legislation transfers the verification of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses from Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Small Business Administration (SBA). This will… Read more »
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 encouraged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to rewrite the federal rules that limit the ability of livestock producers and catfish farmers to fight losses due to predatory birds.
The Mississippi lawmakers signed a… Read more »
House Passes Kelly's Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass House Resolution 107, The Sergeant First Class Sean Cooley and Specialist Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act, introduced by U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss).
This legislation establishes a twelve… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS) along with Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) introduced House Resolution 599, Expressing Support of Independence and Further Development of the Strategic Partnership Between the United States and Uzbekistan.
This legislation seeks to strengthen existing relations between Uzbekistan and the United States. Congressman Kelly is the… Read more »
WASHINGTON - House leadership has selected Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) to serve on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee for Fiscal Year 2020.
"After more than three decades of serving in the Mississippi Army National Guard, Trent is no stranger to understanding the priorities our Department of Defense (DOD) must focus on to ensure we are prepared… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $52.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support construction of an 8.3-mile, four-lane divided arterial segment of MS Highway 76 in Itawamba County.
This corridor is the last stretch of highway between the… Read more »
