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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus

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Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus

04/16/2020

WASHINGTON - As the coronavirus continues to take an economic toll on agriculture producers, U.S. senators from both parties have come together to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

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Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

By Steven Gagliano

As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’. 

Senators...

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

Vicksburg Post

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

By John Surratt

The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...

Gone With The Wind

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Gone With The Wind

By Jack Hammett
Apr 15, 2020 Updated 18 hrs ago

Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was divided. Exodus 14:21

“We don’t know what the...

Sen. Hyde-Smith, Rep. Guest speak about impact of Sunday’s tornadoes

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Sen. Hyde-Smith, Rep. Guest speak about impact of Sunday’s tornadoes

Reeves survey storm damage in South Mississippi

By Charles Herrington

BASSFIELD, Miss. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi’s third Congressional District were among...

Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers

Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark. 

Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers

By Special to The Commercial

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have joined colleagues to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide Coronavirus Aid...

Mississippi health providers receive $375 million for relief payments

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Mississippi health providers receive $375 million for relief payments

By Steven Gagliano

The initial flow of federal funding has made its way to Mississippi following the March passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde...