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HYDE-SMITH SAYS ‘EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER OFF’ AS ARMY CORPS COMMITS TO BUILDING YAZOO BACKWATER AREA PUMPS
 
 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Reviews Yazoo Pump Outlook with Army Corps Officials.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today asserted “everything will be better off” as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials provided her with commitments that the Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project is moving forward.

Hyde-Smith addressed the outlook for the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND AN END TO BIDEN-ERA FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS

Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Warning FEMA of Fallout for Homeowners, Communities Without Action

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined colleagues in demanding the Federal Emergency Management Agency end Risk Rating 2.0, the Biden-era flood insurance policy that has caused premiums to skyrocket and thousands of homeowners to abandon their policies.

Wicker and...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES’ STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH

Bill Would Reauthorize Program, Broaden Geographical Scope of NIH Research Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to reauthorize and strengthen a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to improve U.S. biomedical research capacity by distributing funding more broadly around the country.

The IDeA Reauthorization Act (S.2005) would amend the existing NIH...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS ‘LIFE MONTH’

Pro-Life Caucus Chair Highlights Mississippi’s Central Role in Historic Supreme Court Decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, this week joined in introducing a resolution designating June as “Life Month” to honor the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections.

S.J.Res.56, introduced by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)...

HYDE-SMITH RE-UPS SUPPORT FOR BILL TO COMBAT OBESITY EPIDEMIC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has renewed her support for legislation to prevent diseases associated with obesity through expanded coverage of new health care specialists and chronic weight management medications for Medicare recipients.

Hyde-Smith has again cosponsored the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), which was reintroduced by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) on Thursday.  Hyde-Smith, who...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO MAKE AMERICAN HARDWOOD, PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL TAX CREDIT

The ‘Solid American Hardwood Tax Credit Act’ Would Enhance Local Forest Economies, Benefit Consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to allow consumers to claim a tax credit for purchasing solid American hardwood products for their homes, a measure intended to shore up a hard-hit American industry made up of small sawmills and family-owned...

USDA NOMINEE TELLS HYDE-SMITH OKHISSA LAKE MODEL IS ‘BRILLIANT’

Citing Okhissa Lake, Hyde-Smith Questions Nominee on Targeted USFS Land Transfers for Economic Development

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions USDA Nominee on Rural Development and the Forest Service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed optimism after President Trump’s pick to oversee the U.S. Forest Service called the land transfer model for the Okhissa Lake development project in Franklin...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BIDEN-ERA ABORTION GUIDANCE

CMS Cancels Biden Effort to Twist the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act into an Abortion Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s action to rescind a Biden-era guidance that attempted to establish an abortion mandate within the Emergency Medical Treatment and...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL ‘DEATH TAX’

The ‘HERITAGE Act’ Updates IRS Valuation Limits to Allow More Families to Keep Their Farms After a Family Death

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the HERITAGE Act, legislation to ensure family farms and ranches can survive by helping heirs avoid having to sell productive farmland to pay federal estate or “death” taxes. 

Hyde-Smith’s Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers...

HYDE-SMITH, EDUCATION SEC. AGREE PELL GRANTS SHOULD SUPPORT SHORT-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

Hyde-Smith Focuses on Workforce Development during Dept. of Education Budget Review Hearing

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Education Secretary Linda McMahon Discuss Expanding Scope of Pell Grants, Other Funds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon today agreed to work together to reach a long-sought goal of allowing students to use Pell...