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Senator Hyde-Smith supports federal policies to foster an economic environment that encourages job growth in Mississippi and the nation.  She supports the tax cuts and reforms enacted by President Trump and the Republican-majority Congress.  She believes in eliminating burdensome federal regulations that hinder small businesses, farmers, and industry.

The Senator supports policies and opportunities to continue and expand Mississippi’s ability to contribute to national security, high-tech research, agricultural innovation, and energy production.

Senator Hyde-Smith welcomes opportunities to work with local, state, and federal officials to make Mississippi a better place to work and raise families.


HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
 
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in the...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION TO MISS. SHIPBUILDER FOR POLAR ICEBREAKER ENGINEERING STUDIES

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION TO MISS. SHIPBUILDER FOR POLAR ICEBREAKER ENGINEERING STUDIES

Homeland Security Dept. Contract to VT Halter Marine Advances U.S. Coast Guard Priority

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $1 million contract for work in Mississippi to support production engineering studies for the U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) acquisition program.
 
The U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN DELTA

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN DELTA

Education-Apprenticeship Grants Going to Programs in Greenville, Clarksdale & Yazoo City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $2.7 million to support three YouthBuild education and training programs in the Mississippi Delta.
 
Hyde-Smith, who has advocated for YouthBuild funding as part of her work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said three U.S. Department of...

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

By Steven Lemongello

If passed by Congress the U.S. would simply spring forward an hour in March one year and just stay there forever.

Could this have been the last fall that America set its clocks back?

U.S....

Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182

Columbus Dispatch

Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182

By Tess Vrbin

About a mile of downtown Starkville along Highway 182, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will get a long-awaited makeover thanks to a $12.66 million federal grant, the largest infrastructure grant the...