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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.


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...

SENATORS PRESS COMMERCE DEPT. TO ENFORCE ANTIDUMPING LAWS TO ENSURE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. CATFISH

SENATORS PRESS COMMERCE DEPT. TO ENFORCE ANTIDUMPING LAWS TO ENSURE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. CATFISH

Lawmakers Protest International Trade Administration Deferential Treatment of Vietnamese Exporter

Lawmakers Protest International Trade Administration Deferential Treatment of Vietnamese Exporter

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight U.S. Senators, led by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), today called on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to implement U.S. antidumping laws strongly and impartially to ensure U.S. catfish producers are competing on a level playing field.

Hyde-Smith, along with...

South Maintains Clout on Ag Committee with New Member

Successful Farming

South Maintains Clout on Ag Committee with New Member

By Chuck Abbott

Republican Sen. Kelly Leoffler, who took office on Monday, will replace fellow Georgian David Perdue on the Senate Agriculture Committee in a step that will assure a strong Southern bloc on the panel. The...

Editorial: Looking out for our future

Fort Dodge (Iowa) Messenger

Editorial: Looking out for our future

DEC 22, 2019

Almost nobody gets through life without at least a few health care woes. Making sure that knowledge about how best to address medical issues continues to advance is the mission of the National Institutes of Health. The...