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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.


Virtual Meeting Addresses Jackson’s Water Issues

Northside Sun

Virtual Meeting Addresses Jackson’s Water Issues

By Nell Luter Floyd 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba encouraged listeners during a virtual town hall meeting focused on the city’s water issues to contact state and national leaders and ask them to support improvements to the...

US Senate considers legislation to protect catfish against predators

Brookhaven Daily Leader

US Senate considers legislation to protect catfish against predators

By Daily Leader Staff

Legislation was introduced Thursday in the United States Senate to increase the ability of catfish farmers and other aquaculture producers to cull predatory double-crested cormorant...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RENEW FEDERAL WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RENEW FEDERAL WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

As Appropriator, Senator Has Role in Funding Programs Benefitting Miss. Communities 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize a series of federal water and wastewater infrastructure programs that benefit Mississippi communities.

The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S.914) passed on an 89-2 vote.  The bill renews...

WICKER, SCHATZ, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS 

WICKER, SCHATZ, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS 

CONNECT for Health Act Would Make Permanent Telehealth Changes Implemented During Coronavirus Pandemic 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with 47 other senators, today reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. 

The bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act would...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS 

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS 

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who tonight attended President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, issued the following statement regarding the speech:

“I first want to thank Mississippians and Americans across the nation for helping to overcome the pandemic.  We can enjoy a growing sense of well-earned optimism as we get back to work, back to...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEMAND BIDEN ADMIT BORDER CRISIS, CHANGE COURSE TO HUMANELY SECURE BORDER

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEMAND BIDEN ADMIT BORDER CRISIS, CHANGE COURSE TO HUMANELY SECURE BORDER

“What We Saw was Shocking, and a Crisis by Any Standard,” Report Senators Who Traveled to Southern Border Tour 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues, who travelled to South Texas recently, today reported their findings in a letter to President Biden and strongly encouraged a “dramatic change of course to humanely secure the border.”

Hyde-Smith, who serves on...

HYDE-SMITH, ROSEN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN ‘STEM RESTART ACT’ TO SUPPORT WORKERS RE-ENTERING OR TRANSITIONING TO STEM JOBS

HYDE-SMITH, ROSEN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN ‘STEM RESTART ACT’ TO SUPPORT WORKERS RE-ENTERING OR TRANSITIONING TO STEM JOBS

Legislation Also Seeks to Close Gender and Skills Gap in STEM Careers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to help mid-career workers seeking to return or transition into the STEM workforce.

The STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry...

INHOFE, TILLIS, HYDE-SMITH & LANKFORD INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS FROM THE LIBERAL CLIMATE AGENDA 

INHOFE, TILLIS, HYDE-SMITH & LANKFORD INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS FROM THE LIBERAL CLIMATE AGENDA 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Domestic Manufacturing Protection Act, legislation that would hold the world’s worst polluters to the same standard as the United States—ensuring American manufacturing and jobs are not sacrificed while other nations get a free pass...