WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will benefit from a $609 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) investment to improve grid reliability and resilience from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Southern Spirit will receive $360 million for the construction of a new 320-mile, bidirectional transmission line to allow sharing between grids in Texas and Mississippi. Louisiana' more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senators Issue Letter Pressing Full Use of Successful CMS Program for Stressed Rural Hospitals Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continue to push the Biden administration to fully utilize a federal program that has been described as a lifeline for some struggling rural hospitals. In a joint letter, Hyde-Smith and Grassley this week pressed the Centers for Medicare & Med more PR