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.
National Religious Broadcasters
U.S. Senators Urge Leadership to Consider Nonprofits, Churches in Next Relief Proposal
By NRB Staff
Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a bipartisan letter last week to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding
The Enterprise-Tocsin
Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...
Roll Call
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
VIDEO
By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith among Senators calling for updates to 5G Fund maps
By YallPolitics Staff
Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), James Lankford (R-OK), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the broadband coverage...
MISS. SENATORS RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT
Senate Committee Considers Nomination of Mississippian Selected by Trump for Federal Bench
VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Introduces Judge Wilson.
VIDEO: Wicker Introduces Judge Wilson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today offered strong recommendations for Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ENCOURAGE USDA TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
COVID-19 Programs Could Provide Mississippi Seafood to Families in Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that he use his authority to purchase and distribute Mississippi seafood to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS EFFORT TO OFFSET COVID-19 REVENUE LOSSES AMONG STATES, COUNTIES & CITIES
Miss. Senator Works to Ensure Rural Needs Addressed in $500 Billion SMART Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined as a leading sponsor of bipartisan legislation to help states, counties, and municipalities offset the significant revenue losses caused by COVID-19 shelter-at-home decrees, a measure that would ensure rural communities affected by the pandemic have access...
HYDE-SMITH ASKS FDA TO SANCTION COST-EFFECTIVE UMMC VENTILATOR
Dr. Charles Robertson’s Innovative RV1 Awaits FDA Approval for Use during COVID-19 Emergency
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its authority to approve the use of an innovative cost-effective ventilator developed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC.).
In a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, Hyde-Smith asked the...
News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force
By Steven Gagliano
As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’.
Senators...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi to receive $47.1 million from HHS to support families with child care options
Apr 14, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced that Mississippi will receive $47,131,386 in the Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. This is part of...
