HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her Senate colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors continue to have a key tool needed to combat the scourge of crime, overdoses, and deaths caused by fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.

The Senate voted 84-16 to approve the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331...

HYDE-SMITH LEAD REPUBLICAN ON BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

HYDE-SMITH LEAD REPUBLICAN ON BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

Bipartisan Measure Would Create Emergency Preparedness & Response Program for Water and Wastewater Utilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is the lead Republican on legislation introduced today to improve the ability of rural water and wastewater systems to prepare for and respond to natural disasters or other extreme weather events.

Hyde-Smith and U.S. Senator Catherine...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN 2A RIGHTS WITH ATF TRANSPARENCY ACT

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN 2A RIGHTS WITH ATF TRANSPARENCY ACT

Cosponsors Bill to Establish Appeal Process for Wrongfully Denied NICS Background Checks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator James Risch (R-Idaho) in renewing legislation to enhance fairness, timeliness, and transparency for law-abiding Americans required to pass a background check to purchase firearms.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the ATF Transparency Act, which would...

USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid

The Hagstrom Report

USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid

By JERRY HAGSTROM

Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...

Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid

Progressive Farmer

Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid

By  Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN

Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...