Energy and Environment

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES PUBLIC COMMENT ON YAZOO BACKWATER PLAN AS FEDS TAKE NEXT STEP FORWARD

Army Corps Publishes Notice of Intent to Prep Draft Environmental Impact Statement on New Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippians to review and comment on a proposed draft environmental impact statement (EIS) required to advance a new plan to bring flood control to the Yazoo Backwater Area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER & CASSIDY WANT GAO STUDY OF NEW FLOOD PROGRAM TO INCLUDE KEY INFORMATION

Senators Issue Letter to GAO Regarding Facts & Data Needed to Assess FEMA’s Troubled NFIP RR2.0 Program 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued a letter she led with U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) that seeks to ensure the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) considers key facts and data in any legitimate assessment of the...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST CAPITAL FOR UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESSES

Joins Hickenlooper, Braun & Warner on Bill to Establish Dedicated Office of Community Financial Institution at SBA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week signed as a lead cosponsor of the Supporting Community Lenders Act, bipartisan legislation to expand credit access to underserved small business owners.

Hyde-Smith, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Mark...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS MISS. BENEFITS IN SENATE AG FUNDING BILL 

Miss. Senator Serves on Committee that Approves FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today welcomed committee passage of an appropriations measure that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith voted with her committee colleagues to advance the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HELP REINTRODUCE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REFORM LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined with colleagues to reintroduce the bipartisan and bicameral National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023.

The NFIP-RE Act would tackle systemic problems with flood insurance, put the program back on solid fiscal ground, and reframe the nation’s entire disaster paradigm to one focused more...