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Senator Hyde-Smith has great respect and admiration for the law enforcement and first responder personnel who dedicate their lives to protecting the public.  As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, she will continue to support programs and policies that enable these public servants to do their jobs more effectively.


NCBA Welcomes Legislation Aimed to Help Livestock Haulers

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

NCBA Welcomes Legislation Aimed to Help Livestock Haulers

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2019) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today welcomed the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at reforming federal Hours of Service (HOS) rules in a way...

Senate aims to ban FGM nationwide

One News Now

Senate aims to ban FGM nationwide

By Charlie Butts

U.S. senators are providing a glimmer of hope that female genital mutilation will be banned nationally.

Elizabeth Yore, who heads End FGM Today, says the Centers for Disease Control reported in 2015 that approximately 513,000 U.S...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE SUL OZERDEN AT SENATE HEARING

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE SUL OZERDEN AT SENATE HEARING

Gulfport Native is President Trump’s Nominee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today recommended confirmation of U.S. District...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for border funding bill

News Mississippi

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for border funding bill

By Steven Gagliano

With the support of Mississippi’s Senate delegation in D.C., an appropriations bill could send billions of dollars to the border. 

Passed with bipartisan support, the $4.6 billion supplemental appropriations bill...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE 

Senate Approves Measure to Fund President’s Border Crisis Request

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of emergency supplemental funding sought by President Trump to address the ongoing crisis on the southern border:

“U.S. border security, law enforcement, and health agencies have been overwhelmed by the waves of people trying to enter our...

Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court

Associated Press

Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court

By Emiliy Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating a federal district judge from southern Mississippi to serve on one of the nation's most conservative federal appeals courts.

The White...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME NOMINATION OF JUDGE SUL OZERDEN

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME NOMINATION OF JUDGE SUL OZERDEN

President Trump Taps Miss. Judge for U.S. Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today welcomed President Trump’s nomination of Judge Sul Ozerden to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Ozerden has served as the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi since 2007. 

“Judge Ozerden is the right choice for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” Wi...

Leland receives grant for new fire truck

Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, Miss.)

Leland receives grant for new fire truck

By Catherine Kirk

The City of Leland will soon boast a brand new fire truck thanks to a recent federal grant they obtained.

Just last week, Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced 11 cities...