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.
Mississippi Press
Gautier gets $2.77 million for water improvements
By Warren Kulo
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- The 2022 federal appropriations package signed into law March 11 includes nearly $3 million in funding for the City of Gautier to make improvements to its water systems.
The $2.77 million...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith, Wicker cosponsor bill to empower nation’s workforce
By Daily Leader Staff
U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith, of Brookhaven, and Roger Wicker — both R-Miss. — have cosponsored the Employee Rights Act of 2022.
This legislation would protect workers and small...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
As state COVID-19 cases fall, lawmakers stop vaccine mandates
By Angela Cutrer
The Mississippi Legislator has been grappling with COVID-19 vaccination requirements concerning the federal government’s mandate over states’ employees’ vaccination statuses.
Now both the...
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
GSA Awards Courthouse Contract
By Staff Reports
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces the award of the construction contract for the new U.S. Courthouse in Greenville to Robins & Morton. The new Federal courthouse will provide the Judiciary...
WGN-TV Chicago/Nexstar
Illinois senator proposes requiring oil companies to keep prices down
By Raquel Martin
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — With Americans paying more at the pump, Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on the root of the problem and therefore aren’t on the same page about solutions.
D...
McKnights Senior Living
Employee Rights Act of 2022 meant to give workers, business owners ‘stability and flexibility’
By Kathleen Steele Gaivin
An updated version of the existing Employee Rights Act is meant to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs and anyone seeking...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith, Wicker, colleagues call for ban on databases for religious accommodations
By Daily Leader Staff
The Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases Act (S.3902) and a letter from a congressional delegation to the White House Office of Management...
Vicksburg Daily News
MS senators call for National Women in Agriculture Day
March 24, 2022
By Staff Reports
As part of Women’s History Month and National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) cosponsored a bipartisan resolution to designate Mar. 24...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
With questions for FEMA, MS senators fight to halt April flood insurance hike. Here’s how.
By Gautama Mehta
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith today introduced a bill to protect homeowners from flood insurance rate hikes resulting from a planned overhaul of the National Flood...
Florida Daily
Marco Rubio Backs Cindy Hyde Smith’s Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act
By Kevin Derby
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s, R-Miss., “Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act.”
Rubio...
