{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/hyde-smith-named-defense-appropriations-subcommittee", "HYDE-SMITH NAMED TO DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Cindy Hyde-Smith", "H001079", "www.hydesmith.senate.gov", "hydesmith", "https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/newsroom", "scraper", "Senate Appropriations Committee Reorganizes Subcommittee Memberships Following the Death of Senator Lindsey Graham\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today accepted an appointment to serve on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, giving Mississippi added prominence in Congress when developing funding for the nation\u2019s national security interests.\n\nThe appointment was made as the Senate Appropriations Committee reorganized its subcommittee makeup following the passing of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on July 11. The new assignments were announced Wednesday by Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine).\n\n\u201cI undertake this new assignment on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee with a measure of sadness for my dear colleague Lindsey Graham, but I am also resolved to serve as he did in support of our men and women in uniform,\u201d Hyde-Smith said. \u201cI am proud to follow in the footsteps of our own Senator Thad Cochran, who chaired and served on this subcommittee so well, ensuring that states like Mississippi can contribute ably to our nation\u2019s defense.\u201d\n\nHyde-Smith retains her chairmanship of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, as well as her memberships on the subcommittees on: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development; Homeland Security; and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.\n\nAs part of the reorganization, Hyde-Smith relinquished her membership on the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee. Links to Hyde-Smith\u2019s overall committee assignments in the 119th Congress are available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-24T07:30:11Z", "2026-07-24T07:31:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/hyde-smith-named-defense-appropriations-subcommittee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6659289356321096, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}