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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.


WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HELP REINTRODUCE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REFORM LEGISLATION

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HELP REINTRODUCE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REFORM LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined with colleagues to reintroduce the bipartisan and bicameral National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023.

The NFIP-RE Act would tackle systemic problems with flood insurance, put the program back on solid fiscal ground, and reframe the nation’s entire disaster paradigm to one focused more...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, SCHATZ REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS, MAKE PERMANENT TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, SCHATZ REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS, MAKE PERMANENT TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES

60 Senators Cosponsor Bipartisan ‘CONNECT for Health Act,’ the Most Comprehensive Telehealth Legislation in Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BRING WHOLE MILK ACCESS TO ALL SCHOOLS

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BRING WHOLE MILK ACCESS TO ALL SCHOOLS

Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bipartisan ‘Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce bipartisan legislation to amend the federal school lunch program guidelines to allow unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957), introduced by Senator Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.) on Tuesday, would expand...

Debt ceiling bill clears Senate

Farm Progress

Debt ceiling bill clears Senate

Biden set to sign the bill into law.

By Joshua Baethge

The Senate voted late Thursday to approve legislation previously passed by the House to suspend the debt limit. The bill passed by a margin of 63-to-36 with 31 Republicans and five Democrats...

Forest News

Scott County Times

Forest News

Thu,06/01/23-1:50PM

Happy Birthday:
May 31: Robert Edward Bliss , Bob Brown, Mickey Beaver, Michael Pippon, Jimmy Edward Wallace, Allie Mae Duncan.
June 1: Dr. Kevin Reynolds, Gloria Sanders McRae, Clint Floyd, Carol Smith, Gratz Myers, III.
June 2: Betty Armstrong...