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 ACTS TO BOOST U.S. TRANSFORMER SUPPLY CHAINS, PROTECT AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
HYDE-SMITH ACTS TO BOOST U.S. TRANSFORMER SUPPLY CHAINS, PROTECT AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure DOE Policy Doesn’t Hurt Domestic Transformer Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to set realistic energy efficiency standards that help stabilize domestic transformer manufacturing in order to meet increasing demand without undermining American steel production, electricity distributors...
HYDE-SMITH, PANEL STUDY IMPROVEMENTS TO CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
HYDE-SMITH, PANEL STUDY IMPROVEMENTS TO CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
Subcommittee, Witnesses All Want Congress to Permanently Authorize HUD Relief Program
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Improving CDBG Disaster Recovery Program.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Witnesses on Long-term, Immediate Changes to CDBG-DR
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today advocated for permanent authorization of and improvements to a key federal program used to help families...
HYDE-SMITH, GUEST & EZELL SEEK CHANGES TO NEW USDA EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
HYDE-SMITH, GUEST & EZELL SEEK CHANGES TO NEW USDA EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
Miss. Lawmakers Part of Bicameral Effort to Stop Flawed Payment Plan for Natural Disaster Losses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are part of a bicameral effort calling on the Biden administration to abandon a long-delayed and deeply-flawed agricultural emergency relief program.
The Mississippi lawmakers signed a letter...
Congressional committee to hear testimony from Louisiana on effects of FEMA flood insurance
Houma (La.) Courier-Thibodaux Daily Comet
Congressional committee to hear testimony from Louisiana on effects of FEMA flood insurance
By Colin Campo
One Louisianan and potentially more will speak to a Congressional committee about rising flood insurance costs.
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee...
Some federal disaster aid takes years to reach SC residents. Can a new federal bill help?
Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
Some federal disaster aid takes years to reach SC residents. Can a new federal bill help?
By Jonah Chester
Sharonda Dudley, 40, has lived on her Dillon property for 26 years. Now she’s raising her four children on the same land, but not in the same house she...
Senators call for changes to ‘inefficient’ disaster recovery funding program
Smart Cities Dive
Senators call for changes to ‘inefficient’ disaster recovery funding program
The status quo leaves disaster-struck communities in the lurch as they wait for Congress to OK recovery funds, experts said at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing.
By Ysabelle Kempe, Editor
Co...