Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to supporting foreign affairs policies that ensure the security of the American people first and foremost. She understands the need for the United States to foster and maintain mutually-beneficial relations with allies to promote our national security, freedom, and fair trade.
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Biden border wall freeze unlawful, 40 GOP senators tell GAO in letter
Congress approved nearly $1.4 billion in border wall funding in December
By Audrey Conklin
A group of 40 GOP senators on Wednesday asked the Government Accountability Office to decide whether President Biden's...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith cosponsors English Language Unity Act
By Daily Leader Staff
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, this week joined with co-sponsors to reintroduce S.678, the English Language Unity Act of 2021, to establish English as the official language of the...
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...
Bossier (La.) Press-Tribune
Cassidy, Senators Denounce Biden for Failing to Impose Sanctions on Russia
March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Barrasso (R-WY) led a group of 40 senators in sending a letter criticizing the Biden administration for...
HYDE-SMITH JOINS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CHINA’S CRACKDOWN ON HONG KONG
Measure Calls for Imposing Sanctions, Releasing Political Prisoners, Reconsideration of U.S. Agreements with China
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a resolution condemning the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party for the harsh and ongoing anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong.
Introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), S.Res.126 recommends U.S. government...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE INCREASED U.S. RICE EXPORTS TO IRAQ
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined colleagues from other rice-producing states to encourage U.S. and Iraqi officials to take steps to increase U.S. rice exports to Iraq.
In separate letters to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Dr. Fareed Yasseen, the Iraq Ambassador to the United States, Senators from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WANT NO U.S. TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD
Cosponsor Bill to Prohibit Spending on Global Climate Change Agreement Embraced by President Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted their support of legislation to prohibit the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to implement an international climate change pact that would drive up the cost of food, energy, and services for American families.
Wicker and...
HYDE-SMITH OPPOSES POSSIBLE DUTIES ON PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS
Miss. Senator Joins Letter Highlighting Hardships on U.S. Farmers if Penalties Imposed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has signed a letter calling on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to oppose imposing countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers, fees that would adversely affect the availability and affordability of fertilizers for Mississippi farmers and ranchers.
“The rising costs...
SENS. HYDE-SMITH, COTTON & OTHERS INTRODUCE IRAN SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing a resolution to oppose lifting sanctions on Iran.
Hyde-Smith is among 25 original cosponsors of S.Res.72. The lawmakers issued the following joint statement:
“The United States must maintain sanctions on the Iranian regime until it abandons its nuclear ambitions and ends its support for violence and...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
$3.22 million approved for a visitor center at new Keesler Air Force Base gate in Biloxi
By Patrick Magee
The U.S. Air Force has approved $3.22 million to fund the construction of a visitor center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, three of Mississippi’s congressional members...
