HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Provides Lifeline to Rural Communities, Including Six in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted bipartisan legislation she’s joined to extend a federal health program that provides a financial lifeline to rural hospitals, including six participating facilities in Mississippi.

The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

At Budget Hearing, VA Sec. Also Confirms Department Will Not Revive Controversial VA Disability Rating Proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make a priority to direct some of its record investment in capital improvements to rural VA clinics.

The FY2027 budget request was the focus of a Senate Military Construction and Veterans...

HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS INTERIOR SEC. ON OFFSHORE OVERSIGHT PLAN, NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY MAINTENANCE

HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS INTERIOR SEC. ON OFFSHORE OVERSIGHT PLAN, NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY MAINTENANCE

FY27 Budget Proposes Reuniting Outer Continental Shelf Oversight Agencies

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Interior Secretary Burgum on FY2027 Budget Matters.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today endorsed the Trump administration’s plan to unify federal agency oversight for offshore energy production but also sought assurances that the proposal would not compromise...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES MOVE TO CUT FERTILIZER COSTS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES MOVE TO CUT FERTILIZER COSTS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS

Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Tariffs, Countervailing Duties on Moroccan Phosphate Fertilizers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to lower the cost of fertilizer for American farmers.

The Lowering Input Costs for American Farmers Act (S.4418) seeks to deliver direct relief to American farmers harmed by...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS USDA REORGANIZATION WILL BRING NEW RESOURCES, PERSONNEL TO STONEVILLE & MISSISSIPPI STATE

HYDE-SMITH SAYS USDA REORGANIZATION WILL BRING NEW RESOURCES, PERSONNEL TO STONEVILLE & MISSISSIPPI STATE

New Restructuring Plan Departs from Initial Proposals to ‘Eliminate’ Area Offices like ARS Stoneville

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said the effort to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture bureaucracy will result in new Agriculture Research Service (ARS) resources and personnel to Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith, who gained the administration’s commitmen...

Conservation Corner: National Native Plant Month

The Sun-Sentinel

Conservation Corner: National Native Plant Month

By JAMES L. CUMMINS

Not much information exists yet on National Native Plant Month because it is a brand new designation. The first Senate resolution was in 2021 to make April National Native Plant Month and recognize “the benefits...

Levee Boards Meet With Sen. Hyde-Smith 

Delta Business Journal

Levee Boards Meet With Sen. Hyde-Smith 

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In February, the Mississippi Levee Board, based in Greenville, and the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board, based in Clarksdale, along with South Delta Planning District representatives, met with Mississippi...

MORNING BUSINESS: FAITH MONTH

MORNING BUSINESS: FAITH MONTH

Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 66
(Senate - April 15, 2026) PDF

FAITH MONTH

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, every April, faithful Americans come 
together in prayer and thanksgiving to celebrate Faith Month. I embrace 
the unique opportunity that we have to...

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT--Resumed 

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT--Resumed 

Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 50
(Senate - March 19, 2026) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the 
SAVE America Act.

  The principle at the heart of this legislation could not be simpler. 
It is not...

FAITH MONTH

FAITH MONTH

Congressional Record Vol. 170, No. 68
(Senate - April 18, 2024) PDF

Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, Americans across the country, 
led by Concerned Women for America, CWA--the Nation's largest public 
policy organization for women--and other faith-based organizations will 
again...

REMEMBERING COLONEL CARLYLE "SMITTY" HARRIS (RET.)

REMEMBERING COLONEL CARLYLE "SMITTY" HARRIS (RET.)

Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 120
(Senate - July 14, 2025) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, it is a profound honor to pay tribute 
to the late U.S. Air Force Colonel Carlyle Smith "Smitty" Harris of 
Tupelo, Mississippi, an American hero...

ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT--Resumed

ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT--Resumed

LEGISLATIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 113
(Senate - June 30, 2025) PDF

The Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] proposes an 
amendment numbered 2771 to amendment No. 2360.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To strike the provision to...