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HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS STOP ONLINE BOOKING SCAMS ACT

Bill Targets Third-Party Online Hotel Reservation Scams

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for bipartisan legislation to prosecute fraudulent online hotel reservation sites that target unsuspecting consumers through bogus websites and online ads.

The Stop Online Booking Scams Act of 2019 (S.2229) would use the Federal Trade Commission Act to prosecute scams perpetrated through third-party...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS ADVANCING AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

Panel Also Approves Third Bill with Hyde-Smith Provision to Protect Broadband Funds for Poor & Rural Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today supported advancing three FY2020 appropriations bills that would help Mississippi agricultural, transportation, and rural broadband efforts.

With Senate Appropriations Committee approval, the...

HYDE-SMITH & SENATE APPROPRIATORS:  HOUSE SHOULD SUPPORT FARMERS AND RANCHERS, ENSURE MFP PAYMENTS ARE NOT DELAYED

Senators Call for Replenishment of USDA Commodity Credit Corporation to Help Producers Affected by Tariffs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) late Tuesday joined colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee in pressing to ensure Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for producers are not blocked or delayed in a continuing resolution (CR)...