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HYDE-SMITH LEADS BIPARTISAN GROUP SEEKING LONGER COMMENT PERIOD ON MAJOR AG WORKER PROGRAM REFORMS 

28 Senators Ask DHS, DOL to Giver Farmers, Ranchers Another 60 Days to Assess Proposed H-2A Program Reforms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is leading a bipartisan group of Senators in asking two federal agencies to give farmers and ranchers more time to review and comment on significant reforms to the H-2A temporary agricultural workers program.

In letters to...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PASS AGRICULTURE FUNDING BILL WITH BENEFITS FOR MISS. 

Hyde-Smith Worked with Committee Colleagues to Advance Miss. Interests in Senate-Passed Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today said agricultural programs and rural infrastructure projects in Mississippi will benefit from Senate passage of the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS SENATE-PASSED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION BILL RECOMMENDS $83 MILLION FOR MISS. INSTALLATIONS

Senator Worked with Committee Colleagues to Fund Miss. Projects, Veterans' Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for Senate passage of legislation that directs more than $83 million for military construction projects at Columbus Air Force Base, Keesler Air Force Base, and Army and Air National Guard...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $8.7 MILLION INVESTMENT IN PORT OF ROSEDALE

Miss. Senators Welcome Resources to Increase Capacity at Mississippi Delta Port

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated an $8.7 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve infrastructure at the Port of Rosedale.

The grant was issued by the Maritime Administration through the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

“This is great news for...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE REVIEW BIDEN FUNDING REQUEST FOR ISRAEL, UKRAINE WAR EFFORTS 

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Efforts to Counter Iran as Agent of Terrorism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), at a hearing to review President Biden’s request for supplemental funding to support Israel and Ukraine, today sought details on the administration actions to curtail Iran’s “puppet master” role in funding, equipping, and training terrorist groups like Hamas.

The...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS GULF OIL & GAS PRODUCTION TARGETED BY LEASE SALE PLAN, RICE’S WHALE HABITAT DECISIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) used a recent hearing on the Biden administration’s policies to further expose a concerted effort to make Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production prohibitive, including limiting lease sales and imposing a restrictive critical habitat designation for the Rice’s whales.

Hyde-Smith made her argument during a Senate Energy and...

HYDE-SMITH SIGNS ONTO ANTI-CARBON TAX RESOLUTION

Levying Global Warming Tax Would Penalize Workers by Undercutting Domestic Energy, Manufacturing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a resolution in opposition of a carbon tax on the basis that it would ultimately penalize American workers by undercutting domestic energy production and manufacturing.

The anti-carbon tax resolution, authored by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), also encourages...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH BACK BILL TO SLAM BRAKES ON RADICAL BIDEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE

Miss. Senators Cosponsor CARS Act to Stop EPA Rule and Protect Consumer Choice

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are cosponsoring legislation to slam the brakes on a sweeping tailpipe emissions rule and other Biden administration regulations that seek to limit consumer vehicle choice and push American drivers to buy pricey electric vehicles (EVs).

Wicker...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES OPPOSE BIDEN’S ‘DON’T SAY DAD’ RULE

Senators Ask Biden HHS to Drop Rule to Erase ‘Father’ & ‘Mother’ from Child Support Enforcement Program 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has asked President Biden to rescind a proposed “Don’t Say Dad” rule and to stop attempting to erase biological sex from federal law.

Hyde-Smith on Thursday signed a letter to Biden that lambasts a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...