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Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation.  She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth.  She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs.  Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.


Capito, Colleagues Urge EPA to Withdraw Recent Vehicle Emissions Rules

EIN Presswire

Capito, Colleagues Urge EPA to Withdraw Recent Vehicle Emissions Rules

EPW Committee Ranking Member leads 26 other senators in opposing burdensome rules “that effectively mandate a costly transition to electric cars and trucks in the absence of congressional direction”

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Lankford and others say latest EPA rule would harm small businesses

Oklahoma Energy Today

Lankford and others say latest EPA rule would harm small businesses

May 23, 2023

Sen. James Lankford along with two others in Congress are telling the EPA “not so fast” about a proposed rule change they say would potentially be harmful to communities during emergencies.

Lan...

Opinion: Science backs Yazoo pumps

Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)

Opinion: Science backs Yazoo pumps

By Hank Burdine

I am a Commissioner on the Mississippi Levee Board and a private land owner who lives very close to the backwater area of the South Delta. Much has been said regarding the need for a comprehensive plan for...

Permitting overhaul: Before or after debt ceiling talks?

Roll Call 

Permitting overhaul: Before or after debt ceiling talks?

Barrasso and Capito expect to mark up a bill after the debt ceiling deadline

By David Jordan

There is wide bipartisan consensus that Congress should make legislation to overhaul federal energy project permitting a priority. When...

Officials promote county needs on annual Washington trip

DeSoto County News 

Officials promote county needs on annual Washington trip

By Bob Bakken 

DeSoto County officials were in Washington, D.C. last week to meet with U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with staffers representing Congressmen Trent Kelly, Mike Ezell and Michael Guest...

Cautious optimism over new plan recommended to finish the pumps

Mississippi Farm Bureau

Cautious optimism over new plan recommended to finish the pumps

By Jon Kalahar

They’d been in this very same room just weeks ago. Giving the same testimony about the rising waters, the flooded roads and homes, the farm land useless for another year. This time, however, it...

Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan

WAPT-TV Jackson

Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan

Project involves installing pumps to prevent flooding

Madeleine Nolan, Reporter

VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency held the last of three community...

Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected

The Center Square

Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected

By Steve Wilson | The Center Square

(The Center Square) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at a plan to prevent annual flooding in the Yazoo River basin that will include resurrecting a massive pump project that has...