Energy and Environment

HYDE-SMITH MOVES TO RESUME OFFSHORE LEASE SALES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025, Authorizes Lease Sales for the Next Decade

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is cosponsoring legislation to authorize renewed offshore oil and natural gas leasing in American waters, which would be a departure from Biden administration efforts to severely limit future production in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Offshore Energy Security Act of...

HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATES KEY STEP FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS, RECORD OF DECISION SIGNED

Miss. Senator Signals Readiness to Move Long-Sought Flood Control Project to Construction

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Celebrates ‘Record of Decision’ Signing for Yazoo Backwater Pumps.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated the signing of a Record of Decision (ROD) that clears the way for the construction of a long-sought flood control project for the Yazoo Backwater Area—a...

HYDE-SMITH:  $667,000 AWARDED 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 the award of more than $667,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding for projects in Mississippi to combat agricultural pests and diseases.

The USDA Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding will support a series of Mississippi-based programs...

HYDE-SMITH EAGER FOR NEW LEADERSHIP UNDER BURGUM, TRUMP PICK TO LEAD INTERIOR DEPT.

Miss. Senator Promotes Off-Shore Energy, Miss. National Park Sites at Gov. Doug Burgum Confirmation Hearing

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Engages Interior Secretary Nominee Burgum on National Park Service Projects in Mississippi, Offshore Energy Production.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Met with Governor Burgum on December 11, 2024.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the...

HYDE-SMITH REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Again Cosponsors ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ to Benefit Agriculture and Farmers, Public Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she has once again championed the push to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States. 

Hyde-Smith on Tuesday joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) as an original cosponsor of the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 (S.29), a...

HYDE-SMITH SLAMS LATEST BIDEN-HARRIS SALVO AGAINST AMERICAN ENERGY

Miss. Senator Calls for Restoration of Domestic Energy Security After Release of LNG Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today criticized the latest salvo by the outgoing Biden-Harris administration against U.S. energy production, a skewed study on American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

The U.S. Department of Energy study released Tuesday was conducted as part of the administration’s...

MISS. SENATORS APPLAUD ARMY CORPS APPROVAL OF FINAL YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS PLAN

Long-Sought Flood Control Project will Benefit the People, Economy & Environment of the South Mississippi Delta

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today applauded the release of the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Study Area, which will move the long-sought flood control project toward becoming a...

HYDE-SMITH’S NATCHEZ HISTORICAL SITES LEGISLATION APPROVED BY ENERGY COMMITTEE

Amended Bill Elevates Grand Village of the Natchez Indians within the National Park System, Sets Stage for Adding Historic Jefferson College

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved legislation authored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to make the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians in Adams County an affiliated area of the National Park Service (NPS).

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO CURB CALIFORNIA’S OUTSIZED INFLUENCE OVER NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS

‘Stop CARB Act’ Target’s California’s Ability to Force Other States to Comply with Radical Environmental Policies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is an original cosponsor of legislation that would curb California’s ability to effectively force Mississippi farmers, industries, and consumers to comply with its radical environmental policies.

Hyde-Smith is an original...