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The U.S. Department of Homeland security, as the lead agency for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Coast Guard, plays an important role in Mississippi.

Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to working closely with FEMA and other federal agencies to ensure Mississippians are prepared for natural disaster and emergency situations.  She supports hazard mitigation policies, which have proven to help save lives and save taxpayer dollars. 

The Senator also supports Homeland Security efforts to protect the American people from domestic and foreign threats, which include ensuring a strong and well-equipped U.S. Coast Guard.

Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims

By Daily Leader Staff

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, spoke Wednesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources available to Mississippians affected by the deadly tornadoes that tore across Mississippi on Friday.

Hyde-Smith used a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2024 USDA budget request to...

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Shelters among supervisors' items regarding storms

Monroe Journal

Shelters among supervisors' items regarding storms

By Ray Van Dusen

ABERDEEN – During its April 6 meeting, the board of supervisors discussed where Monroe County applicants stand in a 2022 pilot program for individual storm shelters. The county was one of eight approved for the...

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HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PROMOTE BILL TO CURB SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PROMOTE BILL TO CURB SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS

SAVE Girls Act Represents Another Facet in Effort to Address Border Crisis Ramifications

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) will join U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to provide states, local governments, and nonprofit groups resources to help end the trafficking of young women and girls.

The Stopping the Abuse...

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Senate Republicans Seek to End Biden’s Welfare-Dependent Immigration

Breitbart 

Senate Republicans Seek to End Biden’s Welfare-Dependent Immigration

By John Binder

Senate Republicans are seeking to end President Joe Biden’s welfare-dependent legal immigration inflow to the United States after former President Trump had written new regulations to make it more...

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Senators call on Department of Homeland Security to repeal rule

WIBW-TV Topeka, Kan.

Senators call on Department of Homeland Security to repeal rule

By Shayndel Jones

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Kansas Senator Roger Marshall, M.D, joined by his colleagues has reintroduced a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval to repeal the Department of Homeland...

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Ted Cruz and GOP Sens. look to defund sanctuary cities

FISM News

Ted Cruz and GOP Sens. look to defund sanctuary cities

By Samuel Case, FISM News

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking to strip sanctuary cities of federal grant money.

Cruz and a group of other Republican Senators reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act on Thursday, which...

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HYDE-SMITH CRITICIZES BIDEN BUDGET FOR UNDERFUNDING BORDER PATROL HELICOPTERS

HYDE-SMITH CRITICIZES BIDEN BUDGET FOR UNDERFUNDING BORDER PATROL HELICOPTERS

Miss. Senator Says It Would Take CBP 75 Years to Replace Fleet Under Biden Budget Trajectory

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Derides Customs & Border Protection Helicopter Procurement Budget Request.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Thursday demanded answers on why President Biden’s budget request underfunds the U.S...

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