East Central Region

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO AID MISSISSIPPIANS HARD-HIT BY PINE BEETLE, DROUGHT

USDA Secretary Pledges to Work with Miss. Senator to Address Ongoing Forestry Disaster

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Secures USDA Secretary Support for Pine Beetle Battle in Afflicted Mississippi Forests.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to increase the ability of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help Mississippians combat the growing southern pine...

HYDE-SMITH OFFERS NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION MONTH RESOLUTION

Hyde-Smith, Bipartisan Cosponsors’ Measure Advocates Improving Heart Health Knowledge Among Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Monday introduced a resolution to encourage Americans to become more knowledgeable about their cholesterol levels to fight heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States.

In a salute to February’s American Heart Month, Hyde-Smith’s bipartisan...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK EPA APPEAL OF DICAMBA COURT DECISION

With Planting Imminent in Southern States, Senators Also Seek Expanded Existing Stock Order on Widely-Used Herbicide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among 20 Senators asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect farmers from losing certain dicamba-based crop protection tools used by cotton and soybean producers by appealing a recent adverse court decision.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the...