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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.

FY2027 Community Project Funding Requests


HYDE-SMITH THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND PERMANENT “DEATH TAX” REPEAL BILL

HYDE-SMITH THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND PERMANENT “DEATH TAX” REPEAL BILL

Enacting Permanent Repeal Would Help Next Generation Keep Family Farms, Businesses Alive

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to repeal the federal estate tax or “death tax” permanently.
 
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Death Tax Repeal Act (S.215), which would end Internal Revenue Service collection of punitive taxes imposed on family-owned farms, ranches, and...

HYDE-SMITH PROPOSES USING TARIFF REVENUES TO FUND BORDER BARRIERS

HYDE-SMITH PROPOSES USING TARIFF REVENUES TO FUND BORDER BARRIERS

Legislation Targets 50 Percent of Revenue from Tariffs on Chinese Products for Border Security Purposes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the introduction of legislation to fund U.S. border security barriers with revenues generated from tariffs imposed on Chinese goods.
 
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced the Border, Law...

MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $930.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT TWO NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS IN PASCAGOULA

MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $930.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT TWO NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS IN PASCAGOULA
 
Single, Two-Ship Coast Guard Contract Boosts Miss. Shipbuilding, Savings for Taxpayers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $930.8 million contract for construction of the 10th and 11th U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters (NSC).

The U.S. Department of Homeland...

Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds

Laurel Leader-Call

Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds

Apr 10, 2020

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting...

Mississippi health centers get $17.9 million to fight corona virus

Mississippi Business Journal

Mississippi health centers get $17.9 million to fight corona virus

By Jack Weatherly 

Twenty community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. Sen...