Foreign Affairs

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK

The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the impacts to animal health and agriculture could be devastating.

The introduction of the Strengthening...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILLS TO PROTECT AMERICAN INVESTORS, TARGET COMMUNIST CHINA MEDDLING IN U.S. MARKETS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has cosponsored two bills to protect American investors by cracking down on Communist China’s influence in and exploitation of U.S. financial markets.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Secure America’s Finance Exchanges (SAFE) Act and the Sanction Transactions Originating from Pernicious Chinese Companies and Policies ...

HYDE-SMITH PRESSES USDA NOMINEE ON TAKING DOWN NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TO MISSISSIPPI AG EXPORTS

Miss. Senator Cites Non-Scientific Chinese Barriers, Pressures on Catfish Industry at Hearing

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions USDA Undersecretary Nominee on Expanding Foreign Markets for U.S., Mississippi Products.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) pressed a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary nominee for trade to commit to fighting persistent barriers that...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CRYPTO PROTECTION LEGISLATION

Measure Intended to Stop Adversaries, like China, from Interfering in U.S. Digital Commodity Platforms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has thrown her support behind legislation to restrict the ability of adversarial countries like China, Russia, and others to participate in or interfere with U.S. digital commodity platforms.

The Prohibiting Foreign Adversary Interference in Cryptocurrency Markets Act (S.1223) would...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO PROTECT MISS. & U.S. RICE FROM INDIA, CHINA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) in introducing legislation to protect Mississippi and U.S. rice growers against dumping of government-subsidized product from India and China.

The Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act (S.743) would increase U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES ‘SAFER SHRIMP IMPORTS ACT’ 

Legislation Fits President’s MAHA Goals with Stricter FDA Inspection Requirements of Shrimp Imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With 90 percent Americans’ shrimp consumption coming from foreign sources, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has introduced legislation to ensure the quality of imported shrimp and significantly strengthen federal inspection standards of those imports.

The Safer Shrimp Imports Act (S.667) would require overseas shrimp...