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Senator Hyde-Smith expresses concern about the Essential Air Service program and its impact on rural communities at hearing

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith says opening an annual budget hearing with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that she was disappointed by the administration's proposed drastic cuts to the Essential Air Service program which connected rural communities like Greenville, Tupelo, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the broader transportation network, noting the secretary understood the program's importance from his time as a congressman with multiple EAS-supported airports in his district, while such cuts would severely impact rural regions and future economic development since new businesses rarely located in areas without dependable commercial air service.
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith says opening an annual budget hearing with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that she was disappointed by the administration's proposed drastic cuts to the Essential Air Service program which connected rural communities like Greenville, Tupelo, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the broader transportation network, noting the secretary understood the program's importance from his time as a congressman with multiple EAS-supported airports in his district, while such cuts would severely impact rural regions and future economic development since new businesses rarely located in areas without dependable commercial air service.
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