Photo of an empty road with fencing on both sides of the road

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.


WICKER, HYDE-SMITH RESPOND TO YAZOO BACKWATER AREA WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH RESPOND TO YAZOO BACKWATER AREA WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

Miss. Senators Will Host Media Availability in Vicksburg Friday

Click here to download video of Senator Wicker and Senator Hyde-Smith’s reaction.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today responded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement of a preferred approach to solve flooding in the Yazoo Backwater...

ARMY CORPS AGREES WITH HYDE-SMITH ON ENLARGING YAZOO BACKWATER LEVEE

ARMY CORPS AGREES WITH HYDE-SMITH ON ENLARGING YAZOO BACKWATER LEVEE

Miss. Senator Makes Case for Added Funding at Hearing to Review FY2024 Army Corps Budget Request 

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VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Gains Army Corps Concurrence on Need to Enlarge Yazoo Backwater Levee.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Advocates for Congress Funding Authorized Levee Enlargement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today gained a positive response from that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE ‘TORNADO ACT’ 

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE ‘TORNADO ACT’ 

Legislation Aimed at Improving Severe Storm, Tornado Forecasting & Emergency Alert Timing 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) in reintroducing the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to Operations (TORNADO) Act to improve the forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather.

The TORNADO Act would require the National Oceanic and...

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...