Hinds Today
Phosphate added to critical minerals list following lawmaker advocacy
By Hinds Today
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has expressed support for the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum following the decision to add phosphate to the 2025 Critical Minerals List...
Food Safety News
GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web
By Dan Flynn
State-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales.
Direct-to-consumer sales...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES ADMINISTRATION FOR ADDING PHOSPHATE TO U.S. CRITICAL MINERALS LIST
Miss. Senator Sought Inclusion of Key Fertilizer Ingredient to Stabilize Markets, Bring Production Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for adding phosphate, a critical fertilizer ingredient for Mississippi’s agricultural sector, to the 2025 Critical Minerals List.
Hyde-Smith and other lawmakers in September...
HYDE-SMITH, MARSHALL DROP BILL TO ALLOW ONLINE BEEF, POULTRY SALES ACROSS STATE LINES
DIRECT Act Would Help Livestock Producers by Opening New Direct-to-Consumer Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to create new opportunities for online direct-to-consumer meat and poultry sales for producers, processors, and small meat markets.
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST AVIATION SECURITY
Miss. Senator Cosponsors SAFEGUARDS Act to End Diversion of Airport Security Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced her support for legislation to ensure revenue already being collected from the flying public is used, as intended, to improve aviation and airport security.
Hyde-Smith has cosponsored the Spendi...
HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES ‘LABEL ACT’ TO REQUIRE CLEAR SEAFOOD LABELING
Offered During National Seafood Month, Hyde-Smith Bill Aims to Strengthen Transparency for Consumers, Support U.S. Seafood Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday introduced the Let Americans Buy with Explicit Labeling (LABEL) Act, legislation to ensure all seafood, whether wild-caught or farm raised, is clearly labeled with its country of origin and method of production.
The LABEL Act (...
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK
Miss. Senator Says Republicans Ready to Work, Questions When Senate Democrats Will Be
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Knocks Senate Democrats as Government Shutdown Enters Fourth Week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today castigated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for pulling “reckless and dangerous” political stunts instead of allowing Senators to vote to end a harmful federal...
HYDE-SMITH, AG COMMITTEE APPROVE GRAIN STANDARDS MEASURE, CLEARING IT FOR SENATE CONSIDERATION
Senate Ag Committee Also Advances Forest Management & Lands Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted with her colleagues to advance legislation necessary to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA), a statute used to facilitate the marketing and export of Mississippi-grown rice, soybeans, corn, and other grains.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture...
HYDE-SMITH SHINES LIGHT ON AMERICAN AG CRISIS, NEED FOR URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Miss. Senator Warns Not Acting Soon Means the Loss of Farms, Jobs, Rural Communities
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Outlines the Depth of Farm Crisis, Need for Congress to Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cast a spotlight on the dire economic crisis facing American family farmers and the rural communities they support and called on Congress to act soon to meet the immediate and...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR FY2026 NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICY BILL
Authorization Bill Moves Forward as Senate Makes Progress on Defense Spending Measures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) late Thursday night voted for Senate passage of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a measure that will advance President Trump’s Peace Through Strength agenda by establishing policy reforms and authorizing appropriations for the U.S. Department of Defense and other national...
