Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
Northside Sun, Jackson
JHLS making future plans
By NELL LUTER FLOYD - Sun Staff Writer
The Jackson Hinds Library System (JHLS) announced in March 2024 it had received a $3.7 million federal grant to go toward a new Eudora Welty Library in downtown Jackson.
The city of Jackson’s Planning and...
The Floridian
Scott Introduces Bill to 'Restore Merit' and end DEI Hiring in Government
Jackson Bakich
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has introduced the Restore Merit to Government Service Act of 2025, a bill designed to end DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hiring practices, and a restore merit...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her Senate colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors continue to have a key tool needed to combat the scourge of crime, overdoses, and deaths caused by fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.
The Senate voted 84-16 to approve the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331...
HYDE-SMITH CHIDES DEMS OVER TITLE IX FILIBUSTER, HYPOCRISY AT TRUMP SPEECH
In Speech, Miss. Senator Vows to Continue Fight to Protect Women, Girls in Sports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today chided opponents of legislation to ensure Title IX protections for women and girls in sports, and committed to continuing the fight to pass the bill despite a...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Mississippi Senators introduce ‘one flag’ policy at federal buildings
Video: The One Flag For All Act would expand President Donald Trump’s “One Flag Policy."
By WLOX Staff
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - U.S. Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit any flag...
American Veterinary Medical Association
Texas lawyer to head agriculture department
February 14, 2025
Brooke Rollins will become the 33rd U.S. secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on February 13 by a vote of 72...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘ONE FLAG FOR ALL ACT’
Bill Expands & Codifies Trump ‘One Flag Policy,’ Bars Flags Other than the U.S. Flag on Public Buildings
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) late last week joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation that would prohibit any flag other than the American flag from being flown, draped, or displayed on federal buildings.
The One Flag for All Act (S.576) was written in response to former President...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS BILL TO CODIFY TRUMP ANTI-DEI EXECUTIVE ORDER
Legislation Builds on Trump’s Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs from Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she is an original cosponsor of Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt’s legislation to codify President Trump’s executive order to eliminate the illegal and immoral discrimination initiatives the Biden administration forced upon federal agencies under the guise of Diversity...
HYDE-SMITH TO CHAIR SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HUD APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Hyde-Smith Also Lands Military Construction-VA Spot, Will Serve on Six Subcommittees of Importance to Mississippi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) was officially named as the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) for the 119th Congress.
Hyde-Smith, in addition to chairing the THUD Appropriations...
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE BILLIONS BY BLOCKING ILLEGAL ALIENS’ ACCESS TO FEDERAL CHILD TAX CREDITS
Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act Offered with Trump in White House, Budget Reconciliation in the Offing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With President Trump back in the Oval Office, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced legislation to save taxpayers billions of dollars annually by closing federal tax loopholes that allow illegal immigrants to claim child tax credits...
