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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.

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR ‘JOBS ACT’ TO MAKE PELL GRANTS ELIGIBLE FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR ‘JOBS ACT’ TO MAKE PELL GRANTS ELIGIBLE FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday cosponsored bipartisan legislation to help more Americans secure better-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants to afford high-quality, shorter-term job training programs.

The Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act (S.161) would expand Pell Grant eligibility in...

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HYDE-SMITH TAKES DOUBLE-BARRELED AIM AT ATF PISTOL BRACE RULE

HYDE-SMITH TAKES DOUBLE-BARRELED AIM AT ATF PISTOL BRACE RULE

Cosponsors Two Measures to Overturn Rule that Subjects More Firearms to Unconstitutional Registry, Tax & Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today took double-barreled aim at a Biden administration rule that will subject millions of law-abiding firearm owners to registration, taxation, and regulation requirements that violate their constitutional Second Amendment rights.

Hyde-Smith is an original...

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CDC bill looks to bring better health care to rural areas

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
 
CDC bill looks to bring better health care to rural areas
 
By Trey Howard
 
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Healthcare help is on the horizon for many living in rural parts of the country- including people in Mississippi.
 
President Joseph Biden signed a bill last month that will...

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Hyde-Smith co-sponsored newly signed CWD Research and Management Act

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Hyde-Smith co-sponsored newly signed CWD Research and Management Act

By Hunter Cloud

WASHINGTON D.C. — Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith played a role in efforts to pass the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act this past year. She co-sponsored the bill with John...

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U.S. Senate confirms Bill Renick to serve on TVA board of directors

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
U.S. Senate confirms Bill Renick to serve on TVA board of directors
 
By Taylor Vance 
 
JACKSON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Bill Renick, a former state legislator and mayor of Ashland, to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Board of Directors.
...

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Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

DeSoto County News

Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

October 14, 2022  Bob Bakken 
 
Lawmakers seek commitment to finish probe into schemes linked to high prescription drug costs

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the...

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Delta State Awarded $2 Mil to Develop Ag Aviation Program in MS

Ag Air Update

Delta State Awarded $2 Mil to Develop Ag Aviation Program in MS

By Graham Lavender

CLEVELAND, Miss.— Delta State University’s Department of Commercial Aviation was recently appropriated $2 million by the United States Senate to implement an Agricultural Aircraft Operations Career...

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