Rural Communities

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE EXAMINE ‘SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM’ PROGRESS, OUTLOOK FOR REAUTHORIZATION

Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Research Program Set to Expire Sept. 30 Without Action

VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Examines Challenges for Rural Mississippians with Diabetes.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Witness on Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets JuJu Phillips, Mississippi’s Delegate to JDRF Children’s Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES PUBLIC COMMENT ON YAZOO BACKWATER PLAN AS FEDS TAKE NEXT STEP FORWARD

Army Corps Publishes Notice of Intent to Prep Draft Environmental Impact Statement on New Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippians to review and comment on a proposed draft environmental impact statement (EIS) required to advance a new plan to bring flood control to the Yazoo Backwater Area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER & CASSIDY WANT GAO STUDY OF NEW FLOOD PROGRAM TO INCLUDE KEY INFORMATION

Senators Issue Letter to GAO Regarding Facts & Data Needed to Assess FEMA’s Troubled NFIP RR2.0 Program 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued a letter she led with U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) that seeks to ensure the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) considers key facts and data in any legitimate assessment of the...

MISS. LAWMAKERS WELCOME $28.3 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTRE PROJECT GRANTS
 
Laurel & Meridian to Receive Millions for Roads from U.S. Department of Transportation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $28,382,500 for infrastructure projects in Laurel and Meridian.
 
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approved the Mississippi awards through the...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BOOST CAPITAL FOR UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESSES

Joins Hickenlooper, Braun & Warner on Bill to Establish Dedicated Office of Community Financial Institution at SBA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week signed as a lead cosponsor of the Supporting Community Lenders Act, bipartisan legislation to expand credit access to underserved small business owners.

Hyde-Smith, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Mark...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS MISS. BENEFITS IN SENATE AG FUNDING BILL 

Miss. Senator Serves on Committee that Approves FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today welcomed committee passage of an appropriations measure that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith voted with her committee colleagues to advance the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HELP REINTRODUCE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REFORM LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined with colleagues to reintroduce the bipartisan and bicameral National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023.

The NFIP-RE Act would tackle systemic problems with flood insurance, put the program back on solid fiscal ground, and reframe the nation’s entire disaster paradigm to one focused more...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, SCHATZ REINTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS, MAKE PERMANENT TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES

60 Senators Cosponsor Bipartisan ‘CONNECT for Health Act,’ the Most Comprehensive Telehealth Legislation in Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BRING WHOLE MILK ACCESS TO ALL SCHOOLS

Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bipartisan ‘Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce bipartisan legislation to amend the federal school lunch program guidelines to allow unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957), introduced by Senator Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.) on Tuesday, would expand...