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HYDE-SMITH WORKS TO INFLUENCE SENATE-PASSED FARM BILL
 
Miss. Senator Votes for New Five-Year Agriculture Policy Measure, Committed to Improve Legislation
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today committed to continuing to work on improving farm bill legislation approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support.
 
The Senate on Thursday voted 86-11 to approve the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (HR.2), a budget-neutral farm bill that sets agricultural and a...

TACKLING BUREAUCRACY FOR LONG-SOUGHT DUCK HUNTING REFORM

By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

Federal rules and regulations too often become seemingly insurmountable obstacles to simple changes that can have a positive impact.  I introduced the Migratory Bird Framework and Hunting Opportunities for Veterans Act, specifically to challenge just such a situation.

Mississippians for the most part appreciate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management of our wildlife refuges and other...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO FUND WORKFORCE TRAINING, RURAL HEALTH & OPIOID ABUSE PREVENTION

Senate Committee Approves FY2019 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of an appropriations bill that will boost workforce training programs, rural health initiatives, and opioid treatment and prevention.

The FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill was approved, 30...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the intention of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, to retire in July from the Supreme Court of the United States:
 
“Justice Kennedy has been a mainstay on the Supreme Court for three decades, which has given him a pivotal role in influencing the lives of all Americans.  I thank him for his service...