Senator Hyde-Smith has great respect and admiration for the law enforcement and first responder personnel who dedicate their lives to protecting the public.  As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, she will continue to support programs and policies that enable these public servants to do their jobs more effectively.


HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK

Miss. Senator Says Republicans Ready to Work, Questions When Senate Democrats Will Be

102225 Shutdown Day 22
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Knocks Senate Democrats as Government Shutdown Enters Fourth Week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today castigated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for pulling “reckless and dangerous” political stunts instead of allowing Senators to vote to end a harmful federal...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS PUSH TO REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

HYDE-SMITH JOINS PUSH TO REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

Miss. Senator Signs Bicameral Letter Endorsing Petition Before the Election Assistance Commission

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and others in issuing a bicameral comment letter in support of an America First Legal Foundation petition to require proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections.

Nine Senators and a dozen Members of...

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR REFUSING TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT

Following Successive Votes, Hyde-Smith Says Democrats Continue to Reject Common-sense Solutions in Favor of Political Games

100925 Government Shutdown
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Ongoing Democratic Obstruction to Reopening the Government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sharply criticized Senate Democrats for voting repeatedly to reject a clean, bipartisan bill to reopen the federal government as the ongoing...

US Senate commemorates 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

WJTV-TV Jackson

US Senate commemorates 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

By Kaitlin Howell

WASHINGTON (WJTV) – The U.S. Senate approved a resolution, introduced by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), ahead of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The resolution...

OPINION: I saw mental illness up close. We can’t keep ignoring it

Washington Examiner

OPINION: I saw mental illness up close. We can’t keep ignoring it

Commentary by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.

From my nearly three decades in the Air Force, I carry many memories of people and places, and all the lessons that come along with them. Closest to my heart, I hold a...

Senator Wants CDL Drivers to Pass English Test

Delta News TV, Greenville

Senator Wants CDL Drivers to Pass English Test

Jun 23, 2025
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and a Senator from Kansas want anyone operating a commercial vehicle to pass a test for English proficiency before getting a license.

Hyde-Smith's...

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

NOMINATION OF TRACY STONE-MANNING (Executive Calendar)

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 131
(Senate - July 27, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to join my colleagues in 
expressing my grave concern over the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-
Manning to be the Director of the...

HONORING TROOPER JOHN MARTIN HARRIS

HONORING TROOPER JOHN MARTIN HARRIS

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 99
(Senate - June 8, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I rise to pay tribute to 
Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper John Martin Harris, who was killed 
in the line of duty on May 28, 2021. Harris was conducting a...

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 83
(Senate - May 13, 2021) PDF

Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. 

Mr. President, it is a solemn honor to recognize National Police   
Week. Each year, we dedicate this week to express our admiration 
and gratitude to all of the law enforcement officers...