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 QUESTION TRICARE PRESCRIPTION CHANGES  

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES QUESTION TRICARE PRESCRIPTION CHANGES  

Lawmakers Concerned About Shrinking Pharmacy Network for TRICARE Patients & Their Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in seeking answers from the Biden administration regarding TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies.

In all, 16 Senators signed a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health...

HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS WHETHER AMERICANS CAN AFFORD BIDEN, DEMS AS INFLATION BATTERS FAMILY BUDGETS

HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS WHETHER AMERICANS CAN AFFORD BIDEN, DEMS AS INFLATION BATTERS FAMILY BUDGETS

In Floor Speech, Miss. Senator Says Biden Out of Touch with Working Americans

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VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Says Biden’s Take on Inflation Shows He Lives in a “Different World.”
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Delivers Speech on Inflation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today questioned how much longer American workers and families, battered by historically high inflation...

HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS TO FEDS MEETING IN VICKSBURG

HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS TO FEDS MEETING IN VICKSBURG

Interagency Working Group Convenes in Miss. to Learn More on Desperate South Delta Flood Control Needs

VICKSBURG, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today addressed federal officials to again stress the need for the federal government to construct a pumping station to successfully deliver effective flood protection to the Yazoo Backwater Area of the South Delta.

Hyde-Smith was among members of the...

Hyde-Smith to Address DSU Commercial Aviation Students

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Hyde-Smith to Address DSU Commercial Aviation Students

The Bullet TODAY - Friday, May 19, 2023
Vol. 30  No. 36

The first ten students from the Commercial Aviation Department at Delta State University to graduate with an Agricultural Aviation Operations Career Pathway Certification...