The U.S. Department of Homeland security, as the lead agency for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Coast Guard, plays an important role in Mississippi.
Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to working closely with FEMA and other federal agencies to ensure Mississippians are prepared for natural disaster and emergency situations. She supports hazard mitigation policies, which have proven to help save lives and save taxpayer dollars.
The Senator also supports Homeland Security efforts to protect the American people from domestic and foreign threats, which include ensuring a strong and well-equipped U.S. Coast Guard.
The Epoch Times
GOP Senators Urge Biden to Take Swift Action to Address ‘Tragedy’ at Southern Border
By Janita Kan
A coalition of Republican senators who recently visited the southern border is urging President Joe Biden to take swift action and reverse his policy decisions that they say has...
WLBT-TV Jackson
State congressional delegation asking president to approve federal disaster declaration for Feb. storms
By Anthony Warren
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s Washington delegation has thrown its support behind the state’s request for disaster assistance following the winter...
Bossier (La.) Press-Tribune
Cassidy, Cornyn, Colleagues Ask Biden to Support Initiatives to Increase U.S. Semiconductor Production
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging President Biden to support...
Washington Examiner
Kamala Harris 'is not doing the border,' top aide says
By Katherine Doyle
A top aide to Vice President Kamala Harris tempered a White House announcement this week that she would oversee efforts to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, a politically fraught task...
USA Today
'Heartbreaking': Republicans slam Biden for migrant influx, while Democrats call on Biden to quickly move children to sponsors
By Rebecca Morin and Savannah Behrmann
WASHINGTON – Groups of lawmakers visited the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, as the Biden administration continues to come...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi senator travels to southern border for firsthand look inside CBP facilities
NEWS
DONNA, Texas. (WJTV) – Twenty Republican Senators traveled down to the U.S/Mexico border in Texas hoping to get a firsthand glimpse of what many call a crisis.
Among them was Senator...
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEMAND BIDEN ADMIT BORDER CRISIS, CHANGE COURSE TO HUMANELY SECURE BORDER
“What We Saw was Shocking, and a Crisis by Any Standard,” Report Senators Who Traveled to Southern Border Tour
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues, who travelled to South Texas recently, today reported their findings in a letter to President Biden and strongly encouraged a “dramatic change of course to humanely secure the border.”
Hyde-Smith, who serves on...
INHOFE, TILLIS, HYDE-SMITH & LANKFORD INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS FROM THE LIBERAL CLIMATE AGENDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Domestic Manufacturing Protection Act, legislation that would hold the world’s worst polluters to the same standard as the United States—ensuring American manufacturing and jobs are not sacrificed while other nations get a free pass...
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) issued a letter Thursday asking President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for a major disaster declaration due to the extreme winter weather that hit the state of...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Hyde-Smith speaks on “horrifying” observations from southern border
By Steven Gagliano
As part of a group of 19 Republican Senators, Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith visited the southern border for briefings and tours Thursday and Friday.
The visit, led by Texas...
