Jobs and Economy

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS INCREASE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES

Senators Seek Change to Tackle Ongoing Labor Shortages, Supply Chain Issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To address driver shortages and supply chain disruptions, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined colleagues in asking the U.S. Department of Transportation’s agency that regulates the trucking industry to allow younger Americans to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and operate commercial motor...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN CHALLENGE TO BIDEN VACCINE MANDATE

Miss. Senators Support Congressional Review to Stop Vaccine Mandate for Private Sector Workers

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith at News Conference Says ‘This is Not American’ of Biden Vaccine Mandates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced they have joined a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to stop President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring private businesses to require...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SPONSOR NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION & REFORM ACT

Comprehensive Legislation Includes Proposals Championed by Miss. Senators 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped reintroduce legislation to implement a long-term reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and ensure more affordable premiums for policyholders in Mississippi and around the country.

The National Flood Insurance...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES WANT FEDERAL WORKERS TO RETURN TO DUTY STATIONS

Despite COVID Vaccination Progress, Many Fed Agencies Retain Remote Work Status, Affecting Public Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to require federal government workers to return to their duty stations as COVID-19 vaccines and health management practices make it safer to resume in-person activities.

Hyde-Smith is cosponsoring the Having Employees Return to...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS FAMILIES & BUSINESSES WILL PAY MORE FOR BAD BIDEN ENERGY POLICIES

‘Prices are Headed in the Wrong Direction. The Biden Administration is Headed in the Wrong Direction.’

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Further Harm from Biden Energy Crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said families and businesses in Mississippi and across the nation will continue to pay the price for President Biden’s self-inflicted American energy crisis.

With...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.87 MILLION FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEHEALTH PROJECTS IN THREE MISS. SCHOOL DISTRICTS

USDA Rural Development Grants to Support Networks in Clay, Lawrence & Scott Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the award of grants worth more than $1.87 million for distance learning and telehealth networks in three rural Mississippi school districts.

The U.S. Department of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT MOVE TO BLOCK DEMOCRATS’ IRS SNOOPING PROPOSAL

Miss. Senators Cosponsor ‘Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped introduce the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats’ plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American.

The legislation (S...

EVEN ‘SCALED BACK’ DEMOCRAT IRS SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET DESERVES A FIGHT

By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith

Mississippians should not be lulled into complacency with talk of President Biden and his allies in Congress backing off their dangerous tax surveillance plan—the one in which practically every dollar flowing in or out of your bank account would be reported to the Internal Revenue Service.

Thousands of Mississippians who contact my office are rightfully alarmed and outraged at the idea of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $10.6 MILLION DEFENSE CONTRACT FOR GOLDEN MANUFACTURING

Golden, Miss., Manufacturer to Provide Additional Trousers for U.S. Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended a $10.6 million award to Golden Manufacturing, Co., Inc. in Tishomingo County to produce trousers for the U.S. Army and Navy. 

The contract represents the second one-year extension to the original $15.9 million award issued in 2019 to...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR ENERGY REVENUE SHARING FOR GULF COAST STATES

Energy Subcommittee Receives Testimony on Bipartisan Bill to Amend GOMESA, Create Offshore Wind Revenue Sharing

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Seeks Administration Support for RISEE Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today pressed the Biden administration to support bipartisan legislation that would give Gulf Coast states, including Mississippi, a greater share of revenues...