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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $14.1 MILLION USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR NEW ALBANY WASTEWATER PLANT

MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $14.1 MILLION USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR NEW ALBANY WASTEWATER PLANT

USDA Provides $29.4 Million in Loan & Grant Awards for Water & Wastewater Projects in State

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today praised the approval of a $14.1 million loan and grant package from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will allow the City of New Albany to replace its wastewater...

HYDE-SMITH & WICKER DEMAND SBA RULE CHANGE TO PROTECT MISS. POULTRY FARMERS

HYDE-SMITH & WICKER DEMAND SBA RULE CHANGE TO PROTECT MISS. POULTRY FARMERS
 
Proposed SBA Rule Would Deny Financing Option for Family-Owned Poultry Operations

 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today challenged a proposed Small Business Administration (SBA) rule that would deny many family-owned poultry producers in Mississippi from accessing SBA-sponsored financing.
 
In a letter to SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, Hyde-Smith and Wicker asked...

SENATORS WICKER, HYDE-SMITH UNVEIL INNOVATIONS TO GROW SKILLED WORKFORCE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI

SENATORS WICKER, HYDE-SMITH UNVEIL INNOVATIONS TO GROW SKILLED WORKFORCE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI

 
BELDEN, MS – Joined by business and civic leaders from Northeast Mississippi, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith today announced the results of an innovative public-private partnership to grow the skilled workforce in North Mississippi. The partnership, made possible through a $175,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission matched with private funds, brought together Three...

Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

WTVA-TV Tupelo

Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

By Melvin Carlock 

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- The U. S. Army awarded a contract to purchase helicopters built in Columbus.

Sen. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the $122.6 million contact for Airbus Helicopter.

Th...

Senator John Thune rebukes lift on Brazilian beef

KFGO-Radio Fargo, N.D.

Senator John Thune rebukes lift on Brazilian beef

By Anson Mareus

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing their concern with the U.S...