HYDE-SMITH, FERC COMMISSIONERS EXAMINE AFFORDABILITY AS DATA CENTERS PROLIFERATE

HYDE-SMITH, FERC COMMISSIONERS EXAMINE AFFORDABILITY AS DATA CENTERS PROLIFERATE

Senate FERC Oversight Hearing Heavily Focused on Rising Power Demands & Affordability

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Electricity Affordability with FERC Commissioners.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday sought additional details on the mechanisms being put in place to protect families, small businesses, and communities from high electricity bills as data centers and...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE REVIEW TRUMP SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE REVIEW TRUMP SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE

Senate Appropriations Committee Assesses $11.1B Request for Ag Assistance, $70B for Defense Readiness

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Agriculture Secretary Rollins About Continued Assistance Payments for Farmers.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Defense Secretary Hegseth on Supplemental Funding Request and FY2027 Shipbuilding Budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on...

HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY BILL WILL IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH, EXPAND MARKET FOR FORESTRY BIOMASS BYPRODUCTS

HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY BILL WILL IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH, EXPAND MARKET FOR FORESTRY BIOMASS BYPRODUCTS

‘Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act’ Would Broaden Renewable Fuel Standard Definition of Eligible Renewable Biomass

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve forest health and management by creating new market demand for timber and forestry biomass byproducts.

The Wildfire Reduction...

Senators Press FERC on Who Pays for Data Center Power

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Senators Press FERC on Who Pays for Data Center Power

By Legis1 Editorial · Edited by Mackenzie Prince, Joanne Levine

Why It Matters

All five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday, July 22...

TAX INCREASES

TAX INCREASES

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 128
(Senate - July 21, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to join 
a number of my colleagues representing farm States to sound the alarm 
to the millions of rural Americans who will be harmed by proposed tax 
ch...

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
(Senate - July 27, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to join my colleagues in 
expressing my grave concern over the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-
Manning to be the Director of the...

ENERGY POLICY

ENERGY POLICY

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 20
(Senate - February 3, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise to discuss the importance of 
the American energy sector and my concern about President Biden's 
Executive orders regarding domestic energy policy.

  In the first hours of...