News Releases

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $21.3 MILLION GRANT FOR HIGHWAY 49 IMPROVEMENTS AT MENDENHALL

Senator Supported Miss. Bid for U.S. Transportation Dept. BUILD Grant Funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the approval of a $21.3 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to improve the movement of traffic and commerce where U.S. Highway 49 intersects with Mississippi Highway 13 in Simpson County.

Hyde-Smith, chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE APPROVE FY26 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

Miss. Senator Worked to Advance Miss. Agriculture, Rural & Nutrition Interests in Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped provide unanimous committee approval of funding legislation that would direct funding and support for agricultural and rural development needs in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which drafted the FY2026 Agriculture...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES START OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FARMERS & RANCHERS

Senator Encourages Mississippi Producers Harmed by Disasters in 2023 & 2024 to Apply  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today welcomed the implementation of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to begin distributing $16 billion in assistance to farmers and ranchers in Mississippi and around the nation who experienced losses in recent years due to natural disasters.

Hyde-Smith, who...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS RENEWING TYPE I DIABETES PROGRAM AS PANEL REVIEWS PROGRESS TOWARD A CURE

Following Hearing, Hyde-Smith Meets Mississippi Delegate to Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children’s Congress

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Looks Toward Type I Cure, Better Early Detection Efforts.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith with KJ, a Mississippi Delegate to the Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children’s Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), as part of a committee review of diabetes...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE

Senate Approves Massive Tax and Spending Cuts, Along with Major Border, Defense, and Agriculture Investments

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Senate Passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement following her vote for Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR.1), the budget reconciliation vehicle for expanding...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $3.0 MILLION IN RESTORE ACT GRANTS FOR COASTAL WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Treasury Dept. Funds for Septic Conversions in Jackson County, System Improvements in Hancock County

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of two RESTORE Act grants worth more than $3.0 million for wastewater improvement projects in Jackson and Hancock counties.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury awarded the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund grants to...

HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATES DOBBS ANNIVERSARY AS SUPREME COURT DELIVERS ANOTHER PRO-LIFE VICTORY

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Celebrates the Dobbs Decision as ‘Lifting the Gate’ for Pro-Life Progress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today proclaimed a new pro-life decision delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court just days after the nation marked the third anniversary of the landmark Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

In a floor...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST BEGINNING FARMERS, MANUFACTURERS

Bipartisan Measure Would Modernize Outdated IRS Rules for Industrial Development, First-Time Farmer Bonds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help beginning farmers and small-scale manufacturers by modernizing outdated rules that are hindering access to affordable capital.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing...

HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’

Appropriations Committee Conducts Hearing to Review White House Funding Rescissions Package

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Defends MSU Fish Innovation Lab as Good Use of Taxpayer Funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today won assurances that funding to continue the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University would be protected as the...

HYDE-SMITH REVIEWS VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET CHALLENGES TO INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, TIMELY ACCESS TO VA CARE

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and VA Secretary Collins Discuss Budgetary Challenges. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today questioned Veteran Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins on how the Trump administration will tackle persistent infrastructure backlogs and delayed access to care for veterans in Mississippi and around the country.

The Senate Military...