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.
National Fisherman
Miss. senator lauds U.S. plan to buy up to $36m of Gulf shrimp
NF Aggregator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to purchase up to $36 million in Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught...
Deltaplex News/KPBA Radio, Pine Bluff Ark.
Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish
By Ray King
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in warning the Biden administration of the disastrous economic outlook...
The Hagstrom Report
Hyde-Smith leads letter on catfish concerns
The Hagstrom Report
Thursday, January 18, 2024 | Volume 14 Number 9
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Wednesday led colleagues in a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that requests a reversal of a preliminary decision...
Vicksburg Post
Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsors Disaster Reforestation Act
By Staff Reports
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation aimed at fixing the federal tax code that unintentionally penalizes forest landowners who lose timber due to natural disasters.
Hyde-Smith has...
Beef Magazine
Veterinarians visit Capitol Hill to urge support for rural veterinary shortage
Lawmakers urged to support, cosponsor Rural Veterinary Workforce Act and include Healthy Dog Importation Act in farm bill.
February 6, 2024
Over 140 veterinary professionals met this week with senators...
Magee News
Hyde-Smith Announces $581,000 To Tackle Destructive Plant Pests In MS
By Sue Honea
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will direct more than $581,000 to Mississippi in support of projects to combat...
State of the Union News
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Effort To Overturn Federal Highway Administration’s Unlawful, Impractical Emissions Rule
State of the Union
February 07, 2024
Washington, DC– Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...
Fox News
GOP senator demands answers from Biden admin on 'confusing' regulation that could crush farming families
13 senators signed on to the letter along with Ernst
By Andrew Mark Miller
FIRST ON FOX: Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst has penned a bipartisan letter with fellow senators to the Biden...
INFLATION
Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 21
(Senate - February 1, 2023) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, in less than a week, President
Biden will deliver his State of the Union Address to the Nation. In the
buildup to that speech, we are already seeing the President and his
administ...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $581,000 TO TACKLE DESTRUCTIVE PLANT PESTS IN MISS.
USDA Plant Protection Act Funds Will Support MSU, Miss. Dept. of Agriculture Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will direct more than $581,000 to Mississippi in support of projects to combat pests and diseases that threaten the state’s agricultural foundation.
The USDA Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding will support...
