Agriculture

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE ADVANCE ‘WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY KIDS ACT’

Senate Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Expand Healthy Milk Options in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to approve bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to allow schools to again serve whole and reduced-fat milk as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which voted to advance the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.222...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL ‘DEATH TAX’

The ‘HERITAGE Act’ Updates IRS Valuation Limits to Allow More Families to Keep Their Farms After a Family Death

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the HERITAGE Act, legislation to ensure family farms and ranches can survive by helping heirs avoid having to sell productive farmland to pay federal estate or “death” taxes. 

Hyde-Smith’s Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers...

HYDE-SMITH BILL AIMS TO INCREASE THE USE OF U.S. COTTON WITH NEW TAX CREDIT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her introduction of legislation to create a tax credit that incentivizes the consumption of more products made with U.S.-grown cotton.

The Buying American Cotton Act (S.1919) would authorize transferable tax credits on the sale of cotton products, including but not limited to apparel, home textiles, and nonwovens that are either fully...

MISS. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS TRUMP FOR APPROVING FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today applauded President Trump for approving Mississippi’s request for a major disaster declaration following deadly severe weather and tornadoes that struck the state on March 14...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON MAHA COMMISSION REPORT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asserted she and farmers across the country had every right to be concerned about the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report issued on Thursday by Health and Humans Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  

At a hearing this week, Hyde-Smith confronted Kennedy about concerns the MAHA initial report would mischaracterize important crop protection tools that have...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Animal Disease Response Needs with USDA Nominees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), with an eye on various animal diseases threatening the livestock and poultry industry, today encouraged the nominees to lead U.S. Department of Agriculture regulatory and research programs to endorse early preparation and rapid response policies to combat...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT

HHS Sec. Dismisses Miss. Senator’s Concerns that MAHA Report Will Ignore Decades of Sound Science, Undermine Confidence in American Food Supply with False Claims

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Confronts HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on a MAHA Report Due Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of an expected Thursday release of an initial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report, U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK

The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the impacts to animal health and agriculture could be devastating.

The introduction of the Strengthening...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS FAA UPGRADES, DISAPPOINTED IN PROPOSED ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE CUTS FOR SMALLER MARKETS

Hyde-Smith Chairs Appropriations Hearing to Review FY2026 USDOT Budget Request

VIDEO:  Chairman Hyde-Smith Opening Statement Assessing FY2026 Transportation Department Budget.
VIDEO:  Chairman Hyde-Smith Questions Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $32 MILLION FOR YAZOO BACKWATER AREA PUMPS, $13 MILLION FOR ARKABUTLA LAKE

Army Corps FY2025 Work Plan Includes $136.5 Million Overall for Miss. Flood Control, Port Dredging, Other Water Resources-Related Works  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is directing $136.5 million in FY2025 appropriations to Mississippi for work on 30 projects, including $32 million for mitigation requirements and pre...