HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF FY25 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS FUNDING BILL

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF FY25 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS FUNDING BILL

Senate Appropriators Advance Bill with $47.7 Million for Work in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for committee passage of an FY2025 appropriations measure that recommends $47.7 million for construction projects at military installations across Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved the FY2025 Military...

HYDE-SMITH HEARTENED BY SCATHING REPORT ON PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS PRACTICES

HYDE-SMITH HEARTENED BY SCATHING REPORT ON PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS PRACTICES

Miss. Senator Says FTC Investigation Shows Consumers, Small Pharmacies Being Hurt by PBM Practices

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its investigation into pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) following the release of an interim report indicating consumers are paying higher prices because powerful prescription drug middlemen have a...

POINTING TO SEPT. DEADLINE, HYDE-SMITH URGES SENATE ACTION ON NEW FARM BILL

POINTING TO SEPT. DEADLINE, HYDE-SMITH URGES SENATE ACTION ON NEW FARM BILL

In Floor Speech, Miss. Senator Says Move Away from Partisan Disagreements & Work on Finding Common Ground

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Encourages Senate to Act Soon on Writing a New Farm Bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today encouraged her fellow Senators to move past partisan differences and begin real work to write a new Farm Bill.

In a...

GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance

Agri-Pulse

GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance

By Philip Brasher

Some Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for increasing premium subsidies for crop insurance policies that will cover up to 85% of a farmer’s revenue risk without jeopardizing their...

FMCSA reports low numbers for truck driver apprenticeship program

The Trucker

FMCSA reports low numbers for truck driver apprenticeship program

By John Worthen

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program received just 113 application from motor carriers as of February.

That’s well below the...