Southwest Region

HYDE-SMITH OFFERS NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION MONTH RESOLUTION

Hyde-Smith, Bipartisan Cosponsors’ Measure Advocates Improving Heart Health Knowledge Among Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Monday introduced a resolution to encourage Americans to become more knowledgeable about their cholesterol levels to fight heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States.

In a salute to February’s American Heart Month, Hyde-Smith’s bipartisan...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK EPA APPEAL OF DICAMBA COURT DECISION

With Planting Imminent in Southern States, Senators Also Seek Expanded Existing Stock Order on Widely-Used Herbicide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among 20 Senators asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect farmers from losing certain dicamba-based crop protection tools used by cotton and soybean producers by appealing a recent adverse court decision.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $581,000 TO TACKLE DESTRUCTIVE PLANT PESTS IN MISS.

USDA Plant Protection Act Funds Will Support MSU, Miss. Dept. of Agriculture Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will direct more than $581,000 to Mississippi in support of projects to combat pests and diseases that threaten the state’s agricultural foundation.

The USDA Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding will support...