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HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE THREE FY2024 FUNDING BILLS 

Senate Appropriations Committee Okays Bills that Reflect Funding Reductions Required in Debt Limit Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted to advance three FY2024 appropriations bills, each of which recommend lower discretionary funding levels than approved last year.

The committee on Thursday marked up the FY2024 Commerce, Justice, and Science...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE EXAMINE ‘SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM’ PROGRESS, OUTLOOK FOR REAUTHORIZATION

Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Research Program Set to Expire Sept. 30 Without Action

VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Examines Challenges for Rural Mississippians with Diabetes.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Witness on Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets JuJu Phillips, Mississippi’s Delegate to JDRF Children’s Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES PUBLIC COMMENT ON YAZOO BACKWATER PLAN AS FEDS TAKE NEXT STEP FORWARD

Army Corps Publishes Notice of Intent to Prep Draft Environmental Impact Statement on New Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippians to review and comment on a proposed draft environmental impact statement (EIS) required to advance a new plan to bring flood control to the Yazoo Backwater Area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER & CASSIDY WANT GAO STUDY OF NEW FLOOD PROGRAM TO INCLUDE KEY INFORMATION

Senators Issue Letter to GAO Regarding Facts & Data Needed to Assess FEMA’s Troubled NFIP RR2.0 Program 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued a letter she led with U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) that seeks to ensure the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) considers key facts and data in any legitimate assessment of the...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST CAPITAL FOR UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESSES

Joins Hickenlooper, Braun & Warner on Bill to Establish Dedicated Office of Community Financial Institution at SBA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week signed as a lead cosponsor of the Supporting Community Lenders Act, bipartisan legislation to expand credit access to underserved small business owners.

Hyde-Smith, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Mark...