Photo of Brookhaven, a rural town

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.


Federal bill would help cope with ‘biomass bottleneck’

Payson (Ariz.) Roundup

Federal bill would help cope with ‘biomass bottleneck’

By Peter Aleshire

So a bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) last week introduced a bill to help loggers haul away the tons of biomass left behind in forest restoration projects.

The initial price...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST WELCOME MORE THAN $4 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI TELEHEALTH EFFORTS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST WELCOME MORE THAN $4 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI TELEHEALTH EFFORTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today celebrated a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services decision to award the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) a $4.25 million grant for a five-year redesignation as a Telehealth Center of Excellence. 

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, and Guest fought for the...

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsors rural hospital bill

WXXV-TV Gulfport

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsors rural hospital bill

WXXV Staff

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is backing new legislation aimed at helping more rural hospitals stay open.

The bipartisan ‘Rural Emergency Hospital Improvement Act’ would expand eligibility and flexibility under a...

Crapo Joins Lawmakers Seeking Changes to H-2A Guest Worker Program

Daily Fly Radio

Crapo Joins Lawmakers Seeking Changes to H-2A Guest Worker Program

State News
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho has joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers calling on federal agencies to make administrative changes to the H-2A agricultural guest...