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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.

FY2026 Community Project Funding Requests


HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.27 MILLION FOR UMMC & USM TO INCREASE HEALTH WORKFORCE

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.27 MILLION FOR UMMC & USM TO INCREASE HEALTH WORKFORCE

HHS Provides Four Grants to Build Dental & Nursing Workforce to Serve Rural & Underserved Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported the award of more than $1.27 million to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to support the training of health workers to serve in rural and underserved communities.

UMMC and USM...

HYDE-SMITH, KING OFFER BILL TO PROTECT PATIENTS BY EASING TELEHEALTH PAYMENT BURDEN

HYDE-SMITH, KING OFFER BILL TO PROTECT PATIENTS BY EASING TELEHEALTH PAYMENT BURDEN

Legislation Required to Shield Rural Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers from Looming Medicare Clawback Payments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced legislation to protect patients receiving care through telehealth services by shielding certain clinics in underserved communities from impending Medicare clawback payments.

The Improving...

WICKER, COONS, HYDE-SMITH UNVEIL BILL TO EXPAND NATIONAL SERVICE AMID PANDEMIC

WICKER, COONS, HYDE-SMITH UNVEIL BILL TO EXPAND NATIONAL SERVICE AMID PANDEMIC

Additional Service Corps Members Would Support COVID-19 Response and Recovery

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and colleagues today helped introduce bipartisan legislation to expand national service programs significantly to help the country respond to and recover from COVID-19.

The Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through...

Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding

Associated Press

Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding

By Emily Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday gave the green light to long-debated flood control project in Mississippi. But the project still needs federal funding, and the start...

USACE publishes record of decision for Yazoo Area Pumps Project

WJTV-TV Jackson

USACE publishes record of decision for Yazoo Area Pumps Project

NEWS

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published its Record of Decision for the Yazoo Area Pumps Project on Friday, January 15.

The Record of Decision details USACE’s decisions on the...