Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
DeSoto County News
Murphy to take flight as an Air Force Academy cadet
By Bob Bakken
When the Class of 2022 at Lewisburg High School receives their diplomas later this spring, the many students will take and fly off in definite directions as they pursue their future plans, whether it be college...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
‘Cherry Blossom princess’ heads to DC
By Angela Cutrer
Whitney Bailey Moak, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Sidney Moak Sr. of Brookhaven, has been named a Cherry Blossom princess for 2022. She leaves today for the event.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Mississippi...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$1.2M grant to support Mississippi manufacturing
By Biancca Ball
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $1.2 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant for a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program. The...
Y’all Politics
U.S. Senate passes resolution condemning bomb threats against HBCU
By Sarah Ulmer - March 8, 2022
The United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution that condemned the bomb threats at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country in February and reaffirmed...
My Chester County (Pa.)
Toomey, Romney Press White House for Accounting of Trillions in COVID-19 Spending
By MyChesCo
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) today wrote President Biden requesting an accounting of how the federal government has allocated...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1.2 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT MANUFACTURING IN MISS.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.2 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant for a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program to improve the competitiveness of the state’s manufacturing sector.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant, totaling $1,218,682, will support ongoing work by the MEP Center for Mississippi, a MMA-led...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD $1.49 MILLION GRANT FOR VIRTUAL REALITY JOB TRAINING INITIATIVE
Appalachian Regional Commission Grant to MSU Will Benefit Youth in Five East Mississippi Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the award of a $1.49 million grant for Mississippi State University (MSU) to broaden virtual reality workforce training in five East Mississippi counties.
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded...
UPDATE: SENATE APPROVES BILL COSPONSORED BY HYDE-SMITH TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce unanimous Senate approval of S.623, the Sunshine Protection Act. Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of this legislation to make Daylight Saving Time the new, permanent standard time.
The Senate-passed bill, which still requires House passage and the President’s signature, would delay implementation until Nov. 20, 2023...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO COMPLETE FY2022 APPROPRIATIONS CYCLE
Blames Nearly Six-Month Delay on Biden & Far-Left Dems Insistence on Cutting National Security Budget and Adding Progressive Poison Pill Riders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for a measure to increase national security funding and support federal programs through the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022, in addition to making important investments in...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE SENATE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION CONDEMNING HBCU BOMB THREATS
Bipartisan Measure Reaffirms Support for Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage of a bipartisan resolution they cosponsored that condemns threats of violence against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and reaffirms support for the students at those...
