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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. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING STORMS AND FLOODING

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING STORMS AND FLOODING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Trump requesting full consideration of Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s request for a major federal disaster declaration in the wake of devastating weather events and record flooding across the state that occurred April 13-14, 2019.

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)...

HYDE-SMITH ASKS PRESIDENT TO APPROVE TEMPORARY PUMPS TO EASE BACKWATER FLOODING DISASTER

HYDE-SMITH ASKS PRESIDENT TO APPROVE TEMPORARY PUMPS TO EASE BACKWATER FLOODING DISASTER

Sen. Seeks Similar Assistance Given to Post-Katrina New Orleans to Begin Draining Inundated Miss. Delta Region 

Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Her Request for Temporary Pumps

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Her Request for Temporary Pumps.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked President Trump to approve the use of temporary pumps in the Yazoo Backwater Area to begin removing floodwaters that have contaminated the region for...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES NAVY CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE COMPANY

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES NAVY CONTRACT FOR LOUISVILLE COMPANY

Taylor Defense Products Awarded Contract Worth up to $84 Million to Repair Marine Corps Cranes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $84 million for a Winston County company to repair and maintain all-terrain cranes for the Marine Corps.

Taylor Defense Products LLC of Louisville was awarded the...

Gov. Reeves surveys damage in Jones County

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Gov. Reeves surveys damage in Jones County

By Eddie Robertson

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Federal disaster assistance for Covington, Jones and Jefferson Davis counties has been approved by President Donald Trump.

This will help victims with temporary housing, home repairs...

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

Vicksburg Post

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

By John Surratt

The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

News Mississippi

Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

By Steven Gagliano

As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’. 

Senators...