Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on domestic consumption

The Fence Post

Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on domestic consumption

By Jerry Hagstrom, The Hagstrom Report

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Tuesday at which farm leaders presented ideas on how to increase domestic consumption amid an oversupply of commodities and trade...

Buying American Cotton Act hopes to foster inelastic cotton demand

Farm Progress

Buying American Cotton Act hopes to foster inelastic cotton demand

Louis Dreyfus Co. executive Joe Nicosia says the U.S. cotton industry is in jeopardy, but he has faith in a bill working its way through Congress that could offer huge support to domestic producers.

by Whitney...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO STOP IMPORTERS FROM GETTING REJECTED FOOD, PRODUCTS TO U.S. CONSUMERS

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO STOP IMPORTERS FROM GETTING REJECTED FOOD, PRODUCTS TO U.S. CONSUMERS

Cosponsors Bill to Expand FDA Authority to Destroy Products that Fail to Meet U.S. Health & Safety Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she has cosponsored legislation to crack down on the re-importation of products, including food, previously rejected by the federal inspectors as harmful.

The Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act (S.3213) would...

Democrats tank DHS funding bill for fourth time

The Center Square

Democrats tank DHS funding bill for fourth time

By Thérèse Boudreaux

(The Center Square) – U.S. Senate Democrats tanked the Department of Homeland Security funding bill for a fourth time Thursday, ensuring the department’s funding lapse will span at least a month.

With three...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK LABOR DEPT. TO DITCH DEMOCRAT HEAT RULE PROPOSAL

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK LABOR DEPT. TO DITCH DEMOCRAT HEAT RULE PROPOSAL

Senator Trash Biden-era OSHA Plan as Overbearing, Costly and Impracticable for Businesses and Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today added her voice to calls for the U.S. Department of Labor to drop an overbearing proposed heat rule written by the Biden administration and instead develop pragmatic solutions for businesses to follow to protect their workers from heat-related hazards.

H...

HYDE-SMITH BUILDS SUPPORT FOR HER BILL TO HELP STEM THE DECLINE OF U.S. COTTON

HYDE-SMITH BUILDS SUPPORT FOR HER BILL TO HELP STEM THE DECLINE OF U.S. COTTON

Senate Ag Committee Examines How to Increase Domestic Consumption of U.S.-Grown Products

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Promotes Inclusion of U.S. Cotton Consumption Incentives in Long-term Solutions for American Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today argued that her legislation to incentivize the use of U.S.-grown cotton to stem the decline of domestic cotton production must be...

Alabama’s Tuberville Backs Bill To Fight Pine Beetle Damage

Wiregrass Daily News

Alabama’s Tuberville Backs Bill To Fight Pine Beetle Damage

By Sharla Fletcher

WASHINGTON (WDNews) — U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025, legislation designed to...

Bill aims to repeal federal sports betting excise tax

Las Vegas Journal-Review

Bill aims to repeal federal sports betting excise tax
 
By David Danzis, Las Vegas Review-Journal

A pair of lawmakers from gaming-friendly states are taking another bipartisan shot at repealing a longstanding federal tax on sportsbooks.

On Friday, U.S. Sens. Catherine...