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Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation.  She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth.  She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs.  Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.


HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION

Army Corps Releases Draft EIS for New Plan to Alleviate Yazoo Backwater Area Flooding, Rules Out Do-Nothing & No-Pumps Approaches

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the release of a key draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the recurring backwater flooding in the south Mississippi Delta.

The Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project, prepared by the U.S. Army...

HYDE-SMITH, CRAMER & OTHERS FILE BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST SEC CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULE

HYDE-SMITH, CRAMER & OTHERS FILE BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST SEC CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULE

Hyde-Smith Previously Critical of SEC Rule Forcing Companies to Submit Climate-Related Info

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and others in filing a bicameral amicus brief against a final rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS REPUBLICAN FRAMEWORK SHOULD PROPEL SENATE TO COMPLETE NEW FARM BILL

HYDE-SMITH SAYS REPUBLICAN FRAMEWORK SHOULD PROPEL SENATE TO COMPLETE NEW FARM BILL

Commodities & Risk Management Ranking Member Says Plan Holds Key to Modernized Agriculture Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended the unveiling of a Republican-led Farm Bill framework that she says should propel the Senate toward completing legislation that meets the modern challenges facing farmers, ranchers, and stakeholders across the country.

Hyde-Smith, ranking...

Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash

HuffPost

Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash

Facing bipartisan pushback and a nationwide shortage of electrical transformers, federal regulators tweaked a major new energy-efficiency rule.

By Alexander C. Kaufman

In the years before the United States’ aging network of...

Log Trucks Able To Use Interstates In Miss.

McComb Enterprise-Journal

Log Trucks Able To Use Interstates In Miss.

By Matt Williamson

Log trucks are returning to interstate highways, thanks to recent federal legislation, and can abandon the circuitous routes through cities and towns they had been forced to use. 

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith...

Opinion: This monument has been missing from the Mall far too long

Washington Post

Opinion: This monument has been missing from the Mall far too long

By Marsha Blackburn, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Cynthia Lummis and Katie Britt

In our nation’s capital, there is one place that more than any other showcases our history: the National Mall. For more than 100 years, this two...