Budget

HYDE-SMITH CHEERS RELEASE OF SENATE FARM BILL 2.0 LANGUAGE

Hyde-Smith Wins Included in Draft Legislation that Focuses on the People Who Feed America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered the Senate Agriculture Committee release of Farm Bill 2.0, legislative text that sets the stage for giving agricultural producers and rural communities modernized federal policies to help them compete well into the future.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BILL

Legislation Would Fund Workforce Training, Education Programs at Community Colleges

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week helped introduce bipartisan legislation to expand agricultural workforce training and education programs at community and technical colleges across the nation. 

The Community College Agriculture Advancement Act (S.4730) would amend the National Agricultural...

HYDE-SMITH GETS POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON MISS. DISASTER REQUEST FOR TORNADO RECOVERY ASSISTANCE

At Hearing, Hyde-Smith Also Asks Homeland Sec. Mullin for Clarification on Possible FEMA Aid Threshold Reforms

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Gets Positive Feedback from Homeland Security Secretary Mullin on Mississippi’s Latest Disaster Declaration Request.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she’s optimistic President Trump will approve the State of Mississippi’s latest...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEMO PROGRAM

Magnolia State Joins CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program, Key to More Sustained Resources for Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the addition of Mississippi into a Medicaid demonstration program linked to additional resources for the state’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program.

Mississippi is among 10 new states included in the federal CCBHC...

MISS. LAWMAKERS SEEK TO RESTORE PROTECT LIFE RULE, KEEP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM SUPPORTING ABORTIONS

Hyde-Smith, Wicker, Kelly, Guest Among Lawmakers Asking Trump HHS to Strike Biden-era Pro-Abortion Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) are part of push for the Trump administration to restore a rule to ensure Title X Family Planning Program funding does not support...

HYDE-SMITH WEIGHS PROS & CONS FOR MISS. IN FY27 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET

Miss. Senator Back Continued Essential Air Service Funding, Other Infrastructure Grant Programs Benefitting Rural Communities

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Weighs Pros and Cons for Mississippi in FY2027 Transportation Budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week weighed the pros and cons for Mississippi in the administration’s FY2027 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation...

HYDE-SMITH LINES UP NIH SUPPORT FOR UMMC NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION

Miss. Senator Uses Budget Hearing to Highlight Cancer Center & Research Institute as Key to Improving State Health Outcomes

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Seeks Commitments for UMMC Gaining National Cancer Center Designation.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith with Ashleigh Parker, Cancer Survivor and Co-founder of DeSoto Hope Community Cancer Support.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES SENATE PASSAGE OF RURAL HOSPITAL LEGISLATION

Miss. Senator Cosponsored Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act to Extend Program Used by Six Mississippi Hospitals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage of bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to reauthorize a federal health program that currently supports six rural Mississippi Hospitals.

The Senate late Wednesday approved the Rural Community Hospital...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES ADDITIONAL FY2027 FUNDING FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS, ARKABUTLA DAM REPAIRS

Miss. Senator Looks to Build on FY2027 Army Corps Budget Requests for Major Miss. Projects

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Promotes Additional FY2027 Funding for Yazoo Backwater Pumps and Arkabutla Lake Dam at Hearing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received confirmation that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could use additional funding in FY2027 to make additional...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS H-2A VISA DELAYS, RED TAPE MUST BE FIXED TO HELP MISS. AG PRODUCERS

Acting Labor Sec. Tells Hyde-Smith Reorganization Will Improve Process to Hire Temporary Foreign Farm Laborers

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Labor Department Head Discuss H-2A Visa Program Reforms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for the U.S. Department of Labor to improve its handling of an H-2A visa program now plagued by serious delays and regulatory...