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.
Vicksburg Post
Corps of Engineers announces next steps to complete Yazoo Backwater Project
By Staff Reports
The Federal Register officially published a Notice of Intent on Thursday for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Corps...
Magnolia Tribune
Army Corps publishes Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Yazoo Backwater area
Public comment is being accepted through August 7th. A draft of the Environmental Impact Statement is expected by December.
By Frank Corder
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Dept. of Transportation awards $28.4M RAISE grants to two Mississippi cities
By WDAM Staff
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Infrastructure projects in two Mississippi towns received a significant funding boost after a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Brookhaven Daily Leader
Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill
By Daily Leader Staff
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations bill that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi. Committee member Sen. Cindy Hyde...
McKnights Senior Living
60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill
By Aaron Dorman
A majority of Senators in Congress are working to implement permanent telehealth services access through Medicare.
Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, recently reintroduced the Creating...
Healthcare IT News
The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again
A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.
By Andrea Fox
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Brookhaven Daily Leader
U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
By Daily Leader Staff
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957) was introduced this week by Sen. Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, helped introduce the bipartisan...
Farm Progress
Battle over California Prop 12 continues
Republican governors call for congressional action.
By Joshua Baethge
Republican governors from 11 states are calling on Congress to allow pork producers to bypass California’s Proposition 12. The controversial law sets minimum space...
Delta Business Journal
Pump Plans Moving Forward
By Jack Criss
A proposed water management solution was presented in Vicksburg on May 4 to mitigate flooding in the South Delta. The Yazoo Pumps, long promoted by advocates and residents, now look to be finally completed in the near future...
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO STOP BURDENSOME AG ODOR REPORTING REQUIREMENT
Biden’s EPA Eyes Eliminating Exemption that Protects Farms, Ranches from Reporting Animal Waste Air Emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has cosponsored legislation to ensure Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not impose burdensome animal waste odor reporting requirements on family farmers and ranchers.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of S.2430, a bill introduced by U...
