Delta Region

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO MAKE AMERICAN HARDWOOD, PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL TAX CREDIT

The ‘Solid American Hardwood Tax Credit Act’ Would Enhance Local Forest Economies, Benefit Consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to allow consumers to claim a tax credit for purchasing solid American hardwood products for their homes, a measure intended to shore up a hard-hit American industry made up of small sawmills and family-owned...

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

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’

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...