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HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE ADVANCE ‘WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY KIDS ACT’

Senate Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Expand Healthy Milk Options in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to approve bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to allow schools to again serve whole and reduced-fat milk as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which voted to advance the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.222...

HYDE-SMITH, EDUCATION SEC. AGREE PELL GRANTS SHOULD SUPPORT SHORT-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

Hyde-Smith Focuses on Workforce Development during Dept. of Education Budget Review Hearing

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Education Secretary Linda McMahon Discuss Expanding Scope of Pell Grants, Other Funds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon today agreed to work together to reach a long-sought goal of allowing students to use Pell...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL ‘DEATH TAX’

The ‘HERITAGE Act’ Updates IRS Valuation Limits to Allow More Families to Keep Their Farms After a Family Death

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the HERITAGE Act, legislation to ensure family farms and ranches can survive by helping heirs avoid having to sell productive farmland to pay federal estate or “death” taxes. 

Hyde-Smith’s Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers...