Senator Hyde-Smith believes preparedness is imperative to protecting lives and property when severe storms and natural disasters hit Mississippi and other areas of the country. A state-level lawmaker when Hurricane Katrina devastated the state, she recognizes the role of the federal government in helping individuals, communities, and the state rebound after such disasters. Senator Hyde-Smith supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency and efforts to improve the agency’s effectiveness.
HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF SENATE DEMS’ PARTISAN PLOY ON FY2022 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
HYDE-SMITH CRITICAL OF SENATE DEMS’ PARTISAN PLOY ON FY2022 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
Miss. Senator Urges Senate Dems to Abandon Bills, Which Are an Affront to National Defense, Border Security, Sanctity of Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized committee Democrats for moving unilaterally on FY2022 appropriations bills that are blatantly partisan, shortchange national defense, and eliminate long-held...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR BILL TO PROTECT DISASTER RELIEF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR BILL TO PROTECT DISASTER RELIEF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to provide legal protection to individual medical professionals who volunteer during federally declared disasters.
The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act would amend a 24-year-old law by broadening protections for persons who volunteer independently of a formally recognized...
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR HURRICANE IDA
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR HURRICANE IDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden urging him to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a major disaster declaration for Hurricane Ida.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.)...
Pascagoula leaders say FEMA rules are killing housing market: ‘It’s literally making people homeless’
Mississippi Today
Pascagoula leaders say FEMA rules are killing housing market: ‘It’s literally making people homeless’
By Sara DiNatale
PASCAGOULA — Josh Church is usually just the messenger, but that doesn’t make him any more popular among city homeowners.
Church is a building official. And in...
Delegation requests disaster declaration for March storms
Meridian Star
Delegation requests disaster declaration for March storms
By Bill Graham
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., along with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., have...
With questions for FEMA, MS senators fight to halt April flood insurance hike. Here’s how.
Sun Herald, Biloxi
With questions for FEMA, MS senators fight to halt April flood insurance hike. Here’s how.
By Gautama Mehta
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith today introduced a bill to protect homeowners from flood insurance rate hikes resulting from a planned overhaul of the National Flood...