Southwest Region

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA REPORT INVALIDATES CLAIM THAT BIDEN TAX PLAN WON’T HURT MANY FAMILY FARMS

Analysis Disproves Administration Claim Only 2 Percent of Farms Affected by $3.5 Trillion Tax & Spending Spree

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a new report provides more evidence that capital gains tax changes to help pay for President Biden’s $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan will hit family farms more harshly than the administration will admit.

The U.S...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE FEMA TO DELAY FLOOD INSURANCE CHANGES THAT WOULD RAISE PREMIUMS

Nearly 8-in-10 NFIP Policyholders Face Premium Increases, Prompting Concerns 20% Could Drop Coverage

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today strongly encouraged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay a new flood insurance rating system that will raise premiums on a majority of policyholders.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith signed a bipartisan...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS COMMITMENT INTERIOR DEPT. RULES WON’T MAKE OFFSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION UNFEASIBLE

Miss. Senator Presses Land and Minerals Management Nominee on Compliance with Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Administration Compliance with Offshore Energy Law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sought assurances that the Biden administration, now under court order to allow offshore energy leasing, will not attempt to impose...