Jobs and Economy

HYDE-SMITH JOINS EFFORT TO OFFSET COVID-19 REVENUE LOSSES AMONG STATES, COUNTIES & CITIES

Miss. Senator Works to Ensure Rural Needs Addressed in $500 Billion SMART Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined as a leading sponsor of bipartisan legislation to help states, counties, and municipalities offset the significant revenue losses caused by COVID-19 shelter-at-home decrees, a measure that would ensure rural communities affected by the pandemic have access...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $21.3 MILLION FISHERY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the U.S. Commerce Department allocation of $21.3 million in federal fishery disaster relief funds to Mississippi.

The funding is associated to devastation experienced by Gulf Coast fisheries following prolonged freshwater inundation into the Gulf of Mexico last year.  The funds will...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN CATTLE PRICING 

Also Joins Request for DOJ Investigation of Potential Anticompetitive Practices by Beef Packers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to introduce bipartisan legislation to foster efficient markets while increasing competition and transparency among meat packers who purchase livestock directly from independent producers.

The bill would make systemic changes...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER TARGET CHINA BY COSPONSORING COVID-19 ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

New Legislation Would Authorize Sanctions if China Fails to Cooperate in Investigation of Pandemic Outbreak

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today joined an effort to hold the Chinese government accountable for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Mississippi Senators are original cosponsors of the COVID-19 Accountability Act, which would authorize the President...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $10.3 MILLION FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX CONTRACT TO HATTIESBURG-BASED CO.
 
Merchants Foodservice Will Box Surplus Fruits, Dairy & Meat Boxes for Use by Families in Need

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $10.3 million contract to the Hattiesburg-based Merchants Foodservice to package surplus foodstuffs for use by food banks, community and faith-based organizations, and other non-profits groups serving those in need.

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HYDE-SMITH:  MISS. AGRIBUSINESSES HARMED BY COVID-19 CAN APPLY FOR SBA ASSISTANCE

SBA Reopens Portal to Accept Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applications from Farmers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), today encouraged eligible Mississippi agriculture producers and agribusinesses suffering losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic to consider applying for assistance through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
The SBA on Monday announced that agricultural...

HYDE-SMITH WORKS TO ENSURE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE UPHELD AS COVID-19 PROGRAMS TAKE HOLD 

Senator Addresses Firearms Dealers Access to Loans, Background Check Delays

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed that federal agencies and financial institutions must protect Second Amendment rights as COVID-19 relief programs are implemented.

Hyde-Smith addressed Second Amendment rights in a pair of letters to federal officials, including those administering the...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES $30 MILLION USDA PURCHASE OF SURPLUS FARM-RAISED CATFISH

Catfish Products Among Commodities USDA Will Buy to Support American Agriculture, Nutrition Assistance Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), today expressed confidence that Mississippi catfish producers and processors will benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to purchase $30.0 million in surplus food for distribution to food banks and community support programs.

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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE GRANT TO RESTORE GULF COAST PASSENGER RAIL

$5.45 Million Will Support Service with Mississippi Gulf Coast Station Stops 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced a $5.45 million grant to support operating costs for the first three years of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, which ended in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the...

MANCHIN, HYDE-SMITH, SHAHEEN & MORAN LEAD BIPARTISAN CALL FOR EQUAL TELEPHONE-BASED HEALTH SERVICES REIMBURSEMENTS

Medicare Payments Currently Lower for Telephone-Based Telehealth Services for Patients

04/30/2020 UPDATE: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday praised action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase Medicare reimbursements for telemedicine services limited to telephone visits due to a lack of broadband access. The COVID-19 outbreak has...