HYDE-SMITH, AG COMMITTEE APPROVE GRAIN STANDARDS MEASURE, CLEARING IT FOR SENATE CONSIDERATION

HYDE-SMITH, AG COMMITTEE APPROVE GRAIN STANDARDS MEASURE, CLEARING IT FOR SENATE CONSIDERATION

Senate Ag Committee Also Advances Forest Management & Lands Bills

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted with her colleagues to advance legislation necessary to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA), a statute used to facilitate the marketing and export of Mississippi-grown rice, soybeans, corn, and other grains.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture...

HYDE-SMITH SHINES LIGHT ON AMERICAN AG CRISIS, NEED FOR URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

HYDE-SMITH SHINES LIGHT ON AMERICAN AG CRISIS, NEED FOR URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

Miss. Senator Warns Not Acting Soon Means the Loss of Farms, Jobs, Rural Communities

101525 Farm Crisis
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Outlines the Depth of Farm Crisis, Need for Congress to Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cast a spotlight on the dire economic crisis facing American family farmers and the rural communities they support and called on Congress to act soon to meet the immediate and...

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT

Following Successive Votes, Hyde-Smith Says Democrats Continue to Reject Common-sense Solutions in Favor of Political Games

100925 Government Shutdown
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Ongoing Democratic Obstruction to Reopening the Government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sharply criticized Senate Democrats for voting repeatedly to reject a clean, bipartisan bill to reopen the federal government as the ongoing...

USDA fields questions about plan to slash staff, facilities

Ag Alert

USDA fields questions about plan to slash staff, facilities

By Christine Souza 

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture moves forward with its reorganization, questions remain about how the changes will affect farmers.

“USDA has provided little information about the reorganization, but...

Federal act aims to boost duck numbers

Warren (Pa.) Times Observer

Federal act aims to boost duck numbers

By Tom Burrell

In Pennsylvania, deer get all the attention, but they are not the only game that Commonwealth hunters pursue. Some of us like to chase waterfowl as well, especially ducks. But one of the reasons waterfowl do not get...

Telle confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works

Magnolia Tribune

Telle confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works

Telle is a graduate of Mississippi State University and previously served on the staff of former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran.

By Frank Corder

Adam Telle, a former member of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s staff, was...

HONORING TROOPER JOHN MARTIN HARRIS

HONORING TROOPER JOHN MARTIN HARRIS

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 99
(Senate - June 8, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to pay tribute to 
Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper John Martin Harris, who was killed 
in the line of duty on May 28, 2021. Harris was conducting a...

TRIBUTE TO TOM GRESHAM

TRIBUTE TO TOM GRESHAM

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 93
(Senate - May 27, 2021) PDF

 Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, on May 31, 2020, Mr. Tom 
Gresham of Indianola, MS, concluded his term as the 84th president of 
Delta Council. I am pleased to commend him for his service and 
contributions...

TRIBUTE TO PAUL HOLLIS

TRIBUTE TO PAUL HOLLIS

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 93
(Senate - May 27, 2021) PDF

Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I am pleased to commend Mr. 
Paul Hollis of Rolling Fork, MS, for his service and contributions to 
the State of Mississippi while serving as the 85th president of Delta 
Counci...