U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, celebrated the opening of a new Brookhaven office with a ribbon cutting Monday morning. The office is located in Suite C of the Benoits Building, 117 W. Cherokee St.

“I’m thrilled to open an office in Brookhaven,” Hyde-Smith said. “This space will give Mississippians in this region a closer option to access the constituent services offered by my office.”

“It has been an amazing adventure so far. We do have a lot of challenges in this country and we need your prayers, for sure,” Hyde-Smith said. “We just want to be here for service. Michael Guest has an office here in Brookhaven, too. It is just right down the street and it is well-staffed. Brookhaven, Mississippi, is well-represented in Washington, D.C.”

Some of the issues Hyde-Smith’s office can help constituents with are: Social Security; Medicare; veterans and military benefits; visas and passports; federal housing programs; IRS and taxes; federal grants; economic development; student resources; and tours of the nation’s capital city. For more information, visit hydesmith.senate.gov.

The Brookhaven office will be open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and by appointment at other times. Hyde-Smith maintains offices in D.C., Jackson, Oxford and Gulfport, as well. The senator’s staff can be reached at the Brookhaven office at 601-748-8024, fax 202-224-7444 or by mail at P.O. Box 537, Brookhaven, MS 39602.