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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.


HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PROMOTE BILL TO CURB SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PROMOTE BILL TO CURB SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS

SAVE Girls Act Represents Another Facet in Effort to Address Border Crisis Ramifications

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) will join U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to provide states, local governments, and nonprofit groups resources to help end the trafficking of young women and girls.

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Senate Republicans Seek to End Biden’s Welfare-Dependent Immigration

Breitbart 

Senate Republicans Seek to End Biden’s Welfare-Dependent Immigration

By John Binder

Senate Republicans are seeking to end President Joe Biden’s welfare-dependent legal immigration inflow to the United States after former President Trump had written new regulations to make it more...

Senators call on Department of Homeland Security to repeal rule

WIBW-TV Topeka, Kan.

Senators call on Department of Homeland Security to repeal rule

By Shayndel Jones

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Kansas Senator Roger Marshall, M.D, joined by his colleagues has reintroduced a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval to repeal the Department of Homeland...

Ted Cruz and GOP Sens. look to defund sanctuary cities

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Ted Cruz and GOP Sens. look to defund sanctuary cities

By Samuel Case, FISM News

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking to strip sanctuary cities of federal grant money.

Cruz and a group of other Republican Senators reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act on Thursday, which...

HYDE-SMITH CRITICIZES BIDEN BUDGET FOR UNDERFUNDING BORDER PATROL HELICOPTERS

HYDE-SMITH CRITICIZES BIDEN BUDGET FOR UNDERFUNDING BORDER PATROL HELICOPTERS

Miss. Senator Says It Would Take CBP 75 Years to Replace Fleet Under Biden Budget Trajectory

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Derides Customs & Border Protection Helicopter Procurement Budget Request.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Thursday demanded answers on why President Biden’s budget request underfunds the U.S...

MISS. DELEGATION URGES BIDEN TO APPROVE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

MISS. DELEGATION URGES BIDEN TO APPROVE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

Lawmakers Issue Letter Endorsing State Request for Assistance Following Deadly Tornadoes

JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today shared its strong support for Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a federal disaster declaration in order to unlock additional federal resources to supplement state recovery efforts after a deadly storm tore across the state.

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss...

HYDE-SMITH READIES FOR FIRST TRANSPORTATION APROPRIATIONS HEARING WITH 118th COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS SET

HYDE-SMITH READIES FOR FIRST TRANSPORTATION APROPRIATIONS HEARING WITH 118th COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS SET

Miss. Senator Takes Leading Role on Transportation, HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, Keeps Overall Committee Spots

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s (R-Miss.) first hearing as the new ranking member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee will occur Thursday as the Senate Appropriations Committee...