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 CONFIDENT OF EPA COMMITMENT TO YAZOO PUMPS AS ‘ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE’ PROJECT
Senator Focuses on Miss. Delta Need at Appropriations Hearing on Administration’s Infrastructure Plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today identified the uncompleted Yazoo Backwater Area pumps as “one of the most...
Drovers
Cattle Producers Asked, the USCA Set Forth to Deliver
By Dr. Brooke Miller - National Cattlemen's Association
The following are the opinions of Dr. Brooke Miller, president of the United States Cattlemen's Association.
When I chose to serve as president of the United States Cattlemen’s...
Environment and Energy News
Deb Haaland's last chance to win over Republicans
Emma Dumain, E&E News reporter
Rep. Deb Haaland will be subjected this morning to a second round of questioning by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee — a continuation of her confirmation hearing that...
Washington Post
Hearing for Haaland, first Native American pick to run Interior Dept., focuses on fossil fuels
Leaders of the Senate Energy Committee, both from oil-producing states, grilled Deb Haaland on Biden’s opposition to new drilling leases on federal land
By Darryl Fears
The Senate...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Contract awarded to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana
NEWS
WASHINGTON (WJTV) – On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $86.1 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to Merchants Foodservice in Jackson to provide food to...
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith named top Republican on agriculture subcommittee
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON — The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. Monday named U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) as the lead Republican of its subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Should Mississippi spring forward and never again fall back?
By Luke Ramseth
JACKSON - Sunday could be the last time Mississippians change their clocks to spring forward or fall back if bipartisan proposals pending before Congress and the state...
Brownfield Ag News
Senators Push For Increase Rice Trade With Iraq
By Meghan Grebner
Senators from rice producing states are urging American and Iraqi officials to take steps to increase US rice exports to Iraq.
The group says both the Iraqi people and American farmers would benefit from the...
Environment and Energy News
Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA
By Kevin Bogardus
The Senate this evening confirmed Michael Regan to be EPA administrator in a vote with bipartisan support.
President Biden's nominee to lead the agency was approved 66-34, with several Republican senators...
WTOK-TV Meridian
Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam
By Andrew Samet
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We will be moving the clock forward by one hour early Sunday morning and there is a push in the nation’s capital to make this time change permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was...
