Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims

By Daily Leader Staff

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, spoke Wednesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources available to Mississippians affected by the deadly tornadoes that tore across Mississippi on Friday.

Hyde-Smith used a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2024 USDA budget request to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH VOTE TO OVERTURN BIDEN WOTUS RULE

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH VOTE TO OVERTURN BIDEN WOTUS RULE

Senate Joins House in Approving Joint Resolution to Stop Far-reaching EPA Rule 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted with a majority of Senators to overturn the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

The Senate voted 53-43 to approve a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to stop the new WOTUS rule finalized by the Environmental...

HYDE-SMITH, AG SECRETARY DISCUSS USDA AID OPTIONS FOR TORNADO VICTIMS

HYDE-SMITH, AG SECRETARY DISCUSS USDA AID OPTIONS FOR TORNADO VICTIMS

At Ag Appropriations Hearing, Miss. Senator Thanks Sec. Vilsack for Initial USDA Response

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses USDA Disaster Relief Aid for Miss. Tornado Victims.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today engaged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in discussing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources available to Mississippians affected by the deadly tornadoes that tore...

Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan

WAPT-TV Jackson

Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan

Project involves installing pumps to prevent flooding

Madeleine Nolan, Reporter

VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency held the last of three community...

Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected

The Center Square

Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected

By Steve Wilson | The Center Square

(The Center Square) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at a plan to prevent annual flooding in the Yazoo River basin that will include resurrecting a massive pump project that has...