Cindy Hyde-Smith

United States Senator for Mississippi

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Senator Hyde-Smith supports federal policies to foster an economic environment that encourages job growth in Mississippi and the nation.  She supports the tax cuts and reforms enacted by President Trump and the Republican-majority Congress.  She believes in eliminating burdensome federal regulations that hinder small businesses, farmers, and industry.

The Senator supports policies and opportunities to continue and expand Mississippi’s ability to contribute to national security, high-tech research, agricultural innovation, and energy production.

Senator Hyde-Smith welcomes opportunities to work with local, state, and federal officials to make Mississippi a better place to work and raise families.

In The News

Memphis Business Journal
 
City in DeSoto County buying its own airport
 
By Jason Bolton
 
One of the busiest metro airports will be under a local city’s ownership, thanks to an FAA grant.
 
McComb Enterprise-Journal 
 
Parker: 'We are Scenic Rivers'
 
By Matt Williamson
 
The local hospital is Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. The local community college is Southwest Mississippi Community College. Numerous local businesses, nonprofits and government agencies have "Southwest Mississippi" in their names.
 
But this isn't Southwest Mississippi. This is Mississippi's Scenic Rivers region.
 
DeSoto Times-Tribune
 
Olive Branch to buy airport after grant award
 
By Bob Bakken
 
An effort that has been ongoing off and on for several years is about to become a reality. 
 
The Associated Press
 
States blast Trump administration coal plan, mull lawsuits
 
By Susan Haigh
 
HARTFORD, Conn. — States with a history of fighting air pollution generated by coal-fired power plants on Tuesday criticized a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to scale back federal restrictions on emissions, with some threatening court challenges.
 
Mississippi Press
 
Ingalls Shipbuilding graduates 110 apprentices into workforce
 
By Warren Kulo
 
BILOXI, Mississippi -- Ingalls Shipbuilding celebrated the 2018 graduates of its apprentice program with commencement exercises at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Saturday.
 
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith delivered the keynote address in front of the 110 graduates of the Class of 2018, their families, friends and Ingalls instructors and officials.
 
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
USDA delivers $5.4M in grants to area communities
 
Daily Journal
 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $5.4 million in rural Mississippi communities that it says will help provide unmet infrastructure, business development and equipment needs.
 
Columbus Commercial Dispatch
 
MSU lands $100K grant for downtown makerspace
 
By Alex Holloway
 
Mississippi State University will expand its ability to help young entrepreneurs launch businesses and, leaders hope, keep them in Mississippi, thanks to $100,000 grant to create a new makerspace in downtown Starkville. 
 
Starkville Daily News
 
MSU receives federal grant for makerspace
 
By Charlie Benton
 
STARKVILLE, MS - Plans for a makerspace downtown took a significant step forward with a $100,000 grant presented at the Mississippi State University Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (E-Center).
 
WTOK-TV Meridian
 
Sen. Hyde-Smith talks issues in Washington
 
By Carly Blake
 
LAUDERDALE, Miss. (WTOK) - The 2018 Farm Bill could change the lives of many Mississippians. Right now, the bill is out of the Senate Committee and has moved to the House. U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says the bill is important for many reasons, and that's why she'll continue to push it forward.
 

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Washington, D.C. Office

113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5054
Fax: (202) 224-5321
 

State Offices

Jackson Office
190 East Capitol St., #550
Jackson, MS  39201
Phone (601) 965-4459
Fax (601) 965-4919

Gulfport Office
2012 15th Street, #451
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone (228) 867-9710
Fax (228) 867-9789
 

State Offices

Oxford
911 Jackson Ave., #249
Oxford, MS  38655
Phone (662) 236-1018
Fax (662) 236-7618