Coast

HYDE-SMITH STRESSES FARM SAFETY NET & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT ‘STATE OF RURAL AMERICA’ HEARING
 

Watch the video:  Senator Hyde-Smith at ‘State of Rural America’ Hearing
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the importance of a farm safety net and rural infrastructure development during her first hearing as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
 
Hyde-Smith posed several questions to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who was the sole witness at a...

HYDE-SMITH & COCHRAN SHARE LOVE OF THE PIANO
 

Watch the video:  Senators Hyde-Smith and Cochran at the piano.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her predecessor retired U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) as he closes his Washington office after more than 39 years of service in the U.S. Senate.
 
Both Hyde-Smith and Cochran took the opportunity to enjoy the Cochran’s baby grand piano.  Cochran has reluctantly decided to sell the piano, which has been a...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE $574,000 GRANT FOR RAIL CONNECTION IN JACKSON COUNTY
 
RESTORE Act Funds Will Provide Necessary Planning, Surveying, and Permitting Costs for North Rail Connector Project to Proceed
 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today announced a $574,000 grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to fund planning, surveying, and permitting for a 4,300-foot rail...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE BILL TO DESIGNATE MEDGAR EVERS HOME AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT
 
Miss. Senators Move to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation (S.2889) to designate the Medgar Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System.
 
“I have worked with my colleagues in the Mississippi congressional delegation for many...

HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BRIEF URGING SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD CASE
 
Case Would Influence 2016 Mississippi Law Barring Medicaid Funding for Abortion Providers
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among two dozen Senators who have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case that challenges the use of Medicaid funding to support abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
 
Hyde-Smith has signed an amicus brief that encourages the Supreme Court to consider...