Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
Appropriations Committee Conducts Hearing to Review White House Funding Rescissions Package
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Defends MSU Fish Innovation Lab as Good Use of Taxpayer Funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today won assurances that funding to continue the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University would be protected as the...
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES’ STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES’ STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH
Bill Would Reauthorize Program, Broaden Geographical Scope of NIH Research Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to reauthorize and strengthen a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to improve U.S. biomedical research capacity by distributing funding more broadly around the country.
The IDeA Reauthorization Act (S.2005) would amend the existing NIH...
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...
USM, Integer Technologies announce $25M defense contract
WLOX-TV Biloxi
USM, Integer Technologies announce $25M defense contract
By WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Office of Naval Research has awarded Integer Technologies and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) a $25 million ceiling contract, with a fully funded initial base...
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Breaks Down the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Breaks Down the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
SuperTalk Mississippi
Jul 9, 2025
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith sits down with Richard Cross to unpack the sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill."
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a huge win for this South Mississippi operation
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a huge win for this South Mississippi operation
By Martha Sanchez
The massive tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed last week is sending millions of dollars to the Stennis Space Center just months after federal leaders proposed...