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.
Roll Call
Supreme Court to hear Ted Cruz challenge to campaign finance law
McConnell argued it is an 'ideal opportunity' for justices to wipe out the 2002 law
By Todd Ruger
The Supreme Court hears oral argument Wednesday in Sen. Ted Cruz’s challenge to a relatively obscure campaign finance...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TAKE UP FIGHT TO STOP BIDEN-OBAMA WOTUS RULE
Senate Republicans Unite to Call for Halt to EPA/USACE Rulemaking until Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), as part of a united Senate Republican Conference, are urging two federal agencies to suspend a pending rulemaking the jurisdictional definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), until the U.S. Supreme Court completes consideration of a case...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
Christianity Daily
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Defend Parents’ Right To Guide Education Of Their Children
OCT 30, 2021 05:21 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday cosponsored a resolution supporting parents' rights to be fully and actively...
FedSmith.com
Lawmakers Tell Fully Vaccinated Federal Employees to Return to the Office
A group of Senators said that it is time for all federal employees who are fully vaccinated to return to work in their agency offices.
By Ian Smith
A group of lawmakers have introduced legislation that would...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Join Effort to Block Taxpayer Funded Payments to Illegal Immigrants
By Kelly Bennett
Efforts to block President Biden from spending $1-billion to provide $450-thousand per-person for settlements for illegal immigrants are already underway. Under Biden...
World Oil
Eighteen U.S. Senators urge Biden to ease energy prices before winter
11/7/2021
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 18 of his Senate colleagues this week sent a letter to President Biden describing the actions that the administration can take to ease energy prices and reduce...
Y’all Politics
With help from Republicans, Congress sends President Biden $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending package
Congressman Thompson, Senator Wicker support the bill while Senate Hyde-Smith and Congressmen Kelly, Guest and Palazzo vote no.
By Frank Corder
Late Friday, the U.S. House...
Y’all Politics
Across the country, consumer prices jumped 6.2% in October – most since December 1990
Mississippi officials point to Biden Administration, Democrat policies as cause for inflation-induced increases.
By Anne Summerhays
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a report...
