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.
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
Associated Press
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
By Jeff Amy
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that's been underwater since February, one of the state's U.S. senators on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to order temporary...
South Delta residents, enduring the longest flood since 1927, hope the EPA reverses course on Yazoo Pumps
Mississippi Today
South Delta residents, enduring the longest flood since 1927, hope the EPA reverses course on Yazoo Pumps
BY Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today, and Phil McCausland, NBC News
REDWOOD, Miss. — The chest-deep water currently surrounding Stormy Deere’s house is expected to remain...
Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
VIDEO: Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
https://www.wlbt.com/video/2019/06/14/cindy-hyde-smith-asks-trump-backwater-pumps-2/
By Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -The Yazoo Backwater area has been underwater for months now...