Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to fulfilling the constitutional responsibility to “provide for the common defense” of the United States, including by ensuring the availability of the resources necessary to rebuild America’s military and maximize readiness.
Senator Hyde-Smith is proud of Mississippi’s enduring support of the Armed Forces. She is committed to strengthening the state’s significant contributions to national defense, including Air Force bases and Navy installations, the Army National Guard’s primary mobilization installation, a premiere Special Operations training center, a leading Air Force aeromedical evacuation unit, numerous National Guard installations, and Department of Defense supercomputer capabilities.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also grateful for the work of defense industry employees in Mississippi to produce the best equipment and services for the men and women who protect our nation.
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES ADMINISTRATION FOR ADDING PHOSPHATE TO U.S. CRITICAL MINERALS LIST
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES ADMINISTRATION FOR ADDING PHOSPHATE TO U.S. CRITICAL MINERALS LIST
Miss. Senator Sought Inclusion of Key Fertilizer Ingredient to Stabilize Markets, Bring Production Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for adding phosphate, a critical fertilizer ingredient for Mississippi’s agricultural sector, to the 2025 Critical Minerals List.
Hyde-Smith and other lawmakers in September...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST AVIATION SECURITY
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST AVIATION SECURITY
Miss. Senator Cosponsors SAFEGUARDS Act to End Diversion of Airport Security Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced her support for legislation to ensure revenue already being collected from the flying public is used, as intended, to improve aviation and airport security.
Hyde-Smith has cosponsored the Spendi...
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
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...
Telle confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Magnolia Tribune
Telle confirmed as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Telle is a graduate of Mississippi State University and previously served on the staff of former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran.
By Frank Corder
Adam Telle, a former member of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s staff, was...
Hyde-Smith supports advancement of FY2026 Defense Appropriations Bill with focus on Mississippi
Hinds Today
Hyde-Smith supports advancement of FY2026 Defense Appropriations Bill with focus on Mississippi
By Hinds Today
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) voted in favor of advancing the fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill during a Senate Appropriations Committee meeting on...
Bill would allocate some $11 million in federal planning/design dollars to ‘Mississippi National Guard, Hattiesburg’
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Bill would allocate some $11 million in federal planning/design dollars to ‘Mississippi National Guard, Hattiesburg’
Video: Some $11 million allocated for planning/design of Camp Shelby projects.
By WDAM Staff
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A federal bill that would allocate some...
TRIBUTE TO JACK WINSTEAD
TRIBUTE TO JACK WINSTEAD
Congressional Record Vol. 170, No. 34
(Senate - February 26, 2024) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, it is an honor to pay tribute
to Mr. Jack Winstead who, for years, has shown an overwhelming
dedication to serving the Friends of Mississippi Veterans nonprofit as
a...
LEGISLATIVE SESSION--Border Security
LEGISLATIVE SESSION--Border Security
Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 205
(Senate - December 13, 2023) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to once again call
attention to the crisis at our southern border--the very crisis the
Biden administration refuses to acknowledge and in...