USDA NOMINEE TELLS HYDE-SMITH OKHISSA LAKE MODEL IS ‘BRILLIANT’

USDA NOMINEE TELLS HYDE-SMITH OKHISSA LAKE MODEL IS ‘BRILLIANT’

Citing Okhissa Lake, Hyde-Smith Questions Nominee on Targeted USFS Land Transfers for Economic Development

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions USDA Nominee on Rural Development and the Forest Service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed optimism after President Trump’s pick to oversee the U.S. Forest Service called the land transfer model for the Okhissa Lake development project in Franklin...

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

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, 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

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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...

Republicans Urge Treasury to Keep 'Critical' Fund After Trump Order

Newsweek

Republicans Urge Treasury to Keep 'Critical' Fund After Trump Order

By Mandy Taheri and Gabe Whisnant

The Trump administration's move to cut funding for Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), which helps expand access to capital is facing strong bipartisan backlash...

Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid

Progressive Farmer

Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid

By  Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN

Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...

USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid

The Hagstrom Report

USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid

By JERRY HAGSTROM

Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...