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Senator Hyde-Smith knows dependence on foreign oil poses economic and national security risks for the United States.  The Senator supports responsible exploration and production of Mississippi’s and the nation’s energy resources, including the development of new technologies to support the production of biofuels and other energy sources.

Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of conservation and good stewardship of our natural resources.  She supports balanced and responsible resource management policies to ensure Mississippi’s forests, wetlands, and coastal region remain assets for future generations to enjoy.


HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF DEMOCRATIC BLOCKADE OF FY2020 DEFENSE FUNDING PACKAGE

HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF DEMOCRATIC BLOCKADE OF FY2020 DEFENSE FUNDING PACKAGE

Lack of Minority Support Stops Senate Effort to Move Appropriations Package that also Included Mississippi Flood Control Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized Senate Democrats for blocking an effort to advance a FY2020 funding package for national defense and other priorities, including Army Corps of Engineers projects in...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EPA ACTION TO REPEAL OBAMA’S WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EPA ACTION TO REPEAL OBAMA’S WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE

EPA & Army Corps Agree to Restore Rightful Regulatory Scope of “Navigable Waters”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised action by the Trump administration to overturn President Obama’s overreaching 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced a two-step rulemaking process to repeal the Obama administration’s unlawful...

HYDE-SMITH SECURES FUNDING SUPPORT TO ADDRESS ARMY CORPS PROJECTS AFFECTING MISSISSIPPI

HYDE-SMITH SECURES FUNDING SUPPORT TO ADDRESS ARMY CORPS PROJECTS AFFECTING MISSISSIPPI

FY2020 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill Cleared for Senate Consideration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for committee passage of an appropriations measure that will provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with resources to improve and maintain flood control projects, ports, and waterways in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith supported Senate Appropriations...

Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project

Delta Farm Press

Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project

Corps of Engineers to do Environmental Impact Study

By Ron Smith

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday, April 15, the intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Basin...

Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto

Environment & Energy News

Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto

By Daniel Cusick

The Trump administration has resurrected a World War II-era flood control project that Mississippi politicians say was unfairly smothered by an overzealous EPA 12 years ago.

The Yazoo Pumps project...