Senator Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer and the former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, understands the importance of the state’s $7.5 billion agricultural and forestry industries. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Senator will work on legislation, programs, and policies to allow agriculture and related industries to grow in Mississippi and the nation.
The Senator’s record includes protecting private property rights against eminent domain abuses, helping to open foreign markets for Mississippi agricultural products, and supporting country-of-origin labeling.
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS DISASTER REFORESTATION ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS DISASTER REFORESTATION ACT
Bipartisan Measure Would Help Forest Landowners Recover After Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation to fix the federal tax code that unintentionally penalizes forest landowners who lose timber due to natural disasters.
Hyde-Smith has cosponsored the Disaster Reforestation Act (S.217), a bipartisan bill that would allow forest landowners to deduct the full value of timber destroyed...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS FIGHT TO GIVE FARM FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES FAIR SHOT AT STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
HYDE-SMITH JOINS FIGHT TO GIVE FARM FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES FAIR SHOT AT STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
GAO Also Agrees to Investigate Ed Dept. Delayed & Faulty FAFSA Reform Rollout
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As colleges and students grapple with a botched student aid rollout, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined an effort to reverse recent changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process that could reduce or even eliminate access to need-based student aid for farm...
HYDE-SMITH ACTS TO BOOST U.S. TRANSFORMER SUPPLY CHAINS, PROTECT AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
HYDE-SMITH ACTS TO BOOST U.S. TRANSFORMER SUPPLY CHAINS, PROTECT AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure DOE Policy Doesn’t Hurt Domestic Transformer Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to set realistic energy efficiency standards that help stabilize domestic transformer manufacturing in order to meet increasing demand without undermining American steel production, electricity distributors...
Legislation would protect farmers, ranchers, landowners from costly federal overreach
Minot (N.D.) Daily News
Legislation would protect farmers, ranchers, landowners from costly federal overreach
LOCAL NEWS
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, in late 2023 introduced the Farmers Freedom Act of 2023, legislation led by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-SD, to provide regulatory certainty for...
Miss. senator lauds U.S. plan to buy up to $36m of Gulf shrimp
National Fisherman
Miss. senator lauds U.S. plan to buy up to $36m of Gulf shrimp
NF Aggregator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to purchase up to $36 million in Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught...
The need to support U.S. seafood by implementing import protections
Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror
The need to support U.S. seafood by implementing import protections
By Duncan Fields
Sometimes I've eaten something and experienced a vaguely unpleasant taste. After setting for a while, it soured in my stomach. That's how I've come to feel about the John Sackton...