Rural Communities

MISS. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS TRUMP FOR APPROVING MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today applauded President Trump for approving Mississippi’s request for a major disaster declaration after devastating tornadoes and severe weather struck the state on May 6 and 7...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $17.3 MILLION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT NINE MISS. AIRPORTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that nine municipal airfields in Mississippi have been awarded more than $17.3 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant funding.

The 10 grants for Mississippi are among the Round 4 announcement of FY2026 AIP grants approved by the Federal...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY LENDERS NOT TO DELAY IN APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOLLOWING OMB DELAYS

Hyde-Smith Led Senate Push for OMB Release of CDFI Application Details

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed hope that Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) banks in Mississippi will be able to successfully apply for federal grant and loan funding following months-long delays by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in releasing key...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK USDA TO PURCHASE SURPLUS CATFISH PRODUCTS

Hyde-Smith Leads Letter Asking Ag. Sec. to Approve Section 32 Purchase of Surplus Farm-Raised Catfish Products

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her colleagues today endorsed a request made by the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the industry by purchasing surplus catfish products.

Hyde-Smith led a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke...

HYDE-SMITH CHEERS RELEASE OF SENATE FARM BILL 2.0 LANGUAGE

Hyde-Smith Wins Included in Draft Legislation that Focuses on the People Who Feed America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered the Senate Agriculture Committee release of Farm Bill 2.0, legislative text that sets the stage for giving agricultural producers and rural communities modernized federal policies to help them compete well into the future.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman...

HYDE-SMITH, SCHIFF INTRODUCE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MARKETS FOR AG PRODUCERS

Legislation Aims to Improve Resiliency by Building Out the Middle of the Food Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. food supply chains and expand markets for agricultural producers, particularly small and mid-sized operations.

The American Food Supply Chain...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES ‘SAVE OUR SHRIMPERS ACT’ IN THE SENATE

Bill to Bar U.S. Taxpayer Dollars from Supporting Foreign Shrimp Farms Introduced Following House Passage

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to begin signaling Senate support for an effort to protect U.S. shrimpers and processors by barring the use of taxpayer funding to support foreign shrimp farms.

The Save Our Shrimpers Act would prohibit federal funds from being made available...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SEEK USDA ACTION TO PROTECT U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH FROM HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) recently urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take action to mitigate the threat posed by two viruses to farm-raised catfish production in Mississippi and other states.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith joined U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) in sending a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BILL

Legislation Would Fund Workforce Training, Education Programs at Community Colleges

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week helped introduce bipartisan legislation to expand agricultural workforce training and education programs at community and technical colleges across the nation. 

The Community College Agriculture Advancement Act (S.4730) would amend the National Agricultural...

HYDE-SMITH, USDA SEC. ROLLINS DISCUSS BROADENING U.S. COTTON, CATTLE MARKETS

At USDA Oversight Hearing, Hyde-Smith Looks to Save U.S. Cotton and Reverse Diminishing Cattle Herds

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Confer on Promoting U.S. Cotton and Rebuilding American Cattle Herds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed optimism that Congress and the Trump administration can make the necessary moves to rebuild the U.S...