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.
Tri-State Alert
Fetterman, McCormick coauthor resolution condemning spate of antisemitic attacks across the country
Staff Report
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced S. Res. 288, a bipartisan resolution condemning the horrific rise in violent...
DeSoto Times-Tribune
County cuts ribbon on $19 million Agri-Ed Center
By Jake Lankford
Lee Caldwell came onto the Board of Supervisors in 2011 with a mission– to raise the money for and open an agricultural education center that will be the hub of agriculture in the county.
Twelve years later...
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
Appropriations Committee Conducts Hearing to Review White House Funding Rescissions Package
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Defends MSU Fish Innovation Lab as Good Use of Taxpayer Funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today won assurances that funding to continue the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University would be protected as the...
HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES’ STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH
Bill Would Reauthorize Program, Broaden Geographical Scope of NIH Research Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to reauthorize and strengthen a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to improve U.S. biomedical research capacity by distributing funding more broadly around the country.
The IDeA Reauthorization Act (S.2005) would amend the existing NIH...
HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE ADVANCE ‘WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY KIDS ACT’
Senate Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Expand Healthy Milk Options in Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to approve bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to allow schools to again serve whole and reduced-fat milk as part of the National School Lunch Program.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which voted to advance the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.222...
HYDE-SMITH, EDUCATION SEC. AGREE PELL GRANTS SHOULD SUPPORT SHORT-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
Hyde-Smith Focuses on Workforce Development during Dept. of Education Budget Review Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon today agreed to work together to reach a long-sought goal of allowing students to use Pell...
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK LABOR DEPT. DETAILS ON PLANS TO REPLACE JOB CORPS & WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate Appropriations Committee colleagues today sought details about a Trump budget proposal to terminate workforce training programs, like Job Corps, in favor of a new Make America Skilled Again (MASA) block grant program.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education...
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS FAA UPGRADES, DISAPPOINTED IN PROPOSED ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE CUTS FOR SMALLER MARKETS
Hyde-Smith Chairs Appropriations Hearing to Review FY2026 USDOT Budget Request
VIDEO: Chairman Hyde-Smith Opening Statement Assessing FY2026 Transportation Department Budget.
VIDEO: Chairman Hyde-Smith Questions Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations...
HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS HOMELAND SECRETARY ON FEMA FUTURE, CONTINUED MSU ROLE IN UAS PROJECT
Senate Homeland Security Appropriators Begin Review of FY2026 DHS Budget Request
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today used a budget review hearing for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to getting a better handle on how President Trump’s plans to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) could affect Mississippi, a state prone to weather-related...
HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY LEAD BILL TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SHORTAGES
Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Would Create Loan Program to Increase Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to introduce a bill to help increase access to care for mental health and substance use disorders as the nation grapples with a lack of treatment facilities.
The Mental Health Infrastructure...
