Senator Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer and the former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, understands the importance of the state’s $7.5 billion agricultural and forestry industries. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Senator will work on legislation, programs, and policies to allow agriculture and related industries to grow in Mississippi and the nation.
The Senator’s record includes protecting private property rights against eminent domain abuses, helping to open foreign markets for Mississippi agricultural products, and supporting country-of-origin labeling.
(March 19 to August 15, 2025, the USDA Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Senator Hyde-Smith fought to get this assistance enacted in December 2024. These one-time economic assistance payments will help eligible commodity producers in Mississippi mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. Learn more: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ecap)
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO MANDATE E-VERIFY FOR ALL EMPLOYERS
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO MANDATE E-VERIFY FOR ALL EMPLOYERS
Requiring E-Verify of All Employers Would Help Put American Workers First
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in reintroducing legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce.
The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify...
ON U.S.-MEXICO BORDER TOUR, HYDE-SMITH SAYS LAX BIDEN POLICIES FUELING NATIONAL SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
ON U.S.-MEXICO BORDER TOUR, HYDE-SMITH SAYS LAX BIDEN POLICIES FUELING NATIONAL SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Says Mississippi, All States Affected by Historic Illegal Entries, Human & Drug Trafficking
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Comments on Findings from Time on U.S.-Mexico Border.
PHOTO: Senators Hyde-Smith, Blackburn and Britt Briefed at Border Wall near Eagle Pass, Texas.
PHOTO: Senator Hyde-Smith Briefed by Texas Department of Public Safety Officer.
PHOTO: Senator Hyde-Smith Listens to...
MISS. SENATORS AGAINST MEXICO’S PROPOSED BAN ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN
MISS. SENATORS AGAINST MEXICO’S PROPOSED BAN ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN
Wicker, Hyde-Smith & Colleagues Tell Administration Ban Would be a “Breach of USMCA”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined a bipartisan letter to Biden administration officials to express their growing concern over Mexico’s efforts to ban U.S. genetically engineered corn.
The Mississippi Senators are among 26 who signed a letter to United States...
Army Corps publishes Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Yazoo Backwater area
Magnolia Tribune
Army Corps publishes Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Yazoo Backwater area
Public comment is being accepted through August 7th. A draft of the Environmental Impact Statement is expected by December.
By Frank Corder
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill
By Daily Leader Staff
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations bill that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi. Committee member Sen. Cindy Hyde...
U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
Brookhaven Daily Leader
U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
By Daily Leader Staff
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957) was introduced this week by Sen. Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, helped introduce the bipartisan...