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 ANNOUNCES $581,000 TO TACKLE DESTRUCTIVE PLANT PESTS IN MISS.
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $581,000 TO TACKLE DESTRUCTIVE PLANT PESTS IN MISS.
USDA Plant Protection Act Funds Will Support MSU, Miss. Dept. of Agriculture Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will direct more than $581,000 to Mississippi in support of projects to combat pests and diseases that threaten the state’s agricultural foundation.
The USDA Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding will support...
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BORDER CRISIS LEGISLATION
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BORDER CRISIS LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, the $118 billion compromise bill intended to address the Biden border crisis and national security needs:
“Most Americans understand that, since President Biden took office, the situation at our...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS DISASTER REFORESTATION ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS DISASTER REFORESTATION ACT
Bipartisan Measure Would Help Forest Landowners Recover After Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation to fix the federal tax code that unintentionally penalizes forest landowners who lose timber due to natural disasters.
Hyde-Smith has cosponsored the Disaster Reforestation Act (S.217), a bipartisan bill that would allow forest landowners to deduct the full value of timber destroyed...
Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force
Agri-Pulse
Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force
By Bill Tomson
Legislation is being introduced in the House and Senate to create a task force composed of officials with USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to identify agricultural trade barriers such as India’s farm subsidies...
After More Than Decade of Planning Reunion Parkway Becoming Reality
Northside Sun, Jackson
After More Than Decade of Planning Reunion Parkway Becoming Reality
By Nell Luter Floyd
On the drawing board for well over a decade, plans for Reunion Parkway required countless hours of work to reach where they now stand.
“We’ve had three or four different state...
Mississippi delegation backs ‘Pay our Troops Bills’
WXXV-TV Gulfport
Mississippi delegation backs ‘Pay our Troops Bills’
By WXXV Staff
Representative Mike Ezell and Senator Roger Wicker are co-sponsoring bills in both chambers of congress that would make sure military service members are paid in the event of a government shutdown.
Ezell co...