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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.

ARMY CORPS HEAD TO HYDE-SMITH:  ‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN’ WITH YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS

ARMY CORPS HEAD TO HYDE-SMITH:  ‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN’ WITH YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS

Commitments Made at Hearing as Hyde-Smith Stresses South Miss. Delta ‘Simply Cannot Sustain This Flooding’

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VIDEO CLIP:  Hyde-Smith Receives Army Corps’ Commitments on Yazoo Backwater Pumps
FULL VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Addresses Yazoo Backwater Flooding at Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today prompted strong commitments from the leadership of the U.S. Army Corps of...

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HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT CATTLE GROWERS FROM DEALERS WHO DEFAULT

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT CATTLE GROWERS FROM DEALERS WHO DEFAULT

Miss. Senator Signs as Original Cosponsor of the Securing All Livestock Equitably (SALE) Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she is an original cosponsor of legislation to help protect cattle growers from dealers who default on their payments.

The Securing All Livestock Equitably (SALE) Act (S.3419) would establish dealer statutory trusts, much like the statutory trusts now...

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Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

WTVA-TV Tupelo

Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

By Melvin Carlock 

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- The U. S. Army awarded a contract to purchase helicopters built in Columbus.

Sen. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the $122.6 million contact for Airbus Helicopter.

Th...

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Cockrell Meets With Hyde-Smith During Plant Tour

Magee News 

Cockrell Meets With Hyde-Smith During Plant Tour

By Patrice Boykin

LCI Manufacturing Plant Manager Marlene Cockrell toured Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of their facility during a recent visit on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

LCI Manufacturing is production plant manufactured by employees...

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Officials Outline Details of Upcoming Railroad Overpass

Pine Belt News

Officials Outline Details of Upcoming Railroad Overpass
 
By Haskel Burns

Against the backdrop of a stationary Canadian National train, Mayor Toby Barker – along with other city, county and state officials – laid out the plan for a $5.39 grant that will help build an overpass over...

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Senator John Thune rebukes lift on Brazilian beef

KFGO-Radio Fargo, N.D.

Senator John Thune rebukes lift on Brazilian beef

By Anson Mareus

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing their concern with the U.S...

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Chief of Naval Operations says connection with Ingalls is solid

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Chief of Naval Operations says connection with Ingalls is solid
 
By Mike Lacy

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Adm. Michael Gilday has had a long history with Ingalls.

Thirty-seven years ago, he first came here as a midshipman in the Naval Academy, and while in the Navy, he sailed on...

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