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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


Permanent daylight saving time bill gets renewed push in Congress

NBC News 

Permanent daylight saving time bill gets renewed push in Congress

The Sunshine Protection Act stalled in the House after it passed the Senate last year by unanimous consent.

By Christina Zhao

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has reintroduced legislation to make daylight saving time permanent...

SCI Concludes 2023 Annual Convention in Music City

The Outdoor Wire

SCI Concludes 2023 Annual Convention in Music City

The Outdoor Wire

Last week, Safari Club International hosted its 2023 annual convention, celebrating 51 years of protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. Whether it was the number of attendees...

Republican Senators Challenge WOTUS Through Congressional Review Act

NewsDakota.com

Republican Senators Challenge WOTUS Through Congressional Review Act

By Jamie Dickerman

(NewsDakota.com/NDAgConnection.com) – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and all 47 of their...

USDA aide says tracking foreign land buyers requires funding

CQ Roll Call

USDA aide says tracking foreign land buyers requires funding

By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ

The Agriculture Department will need funding and up-to-date technology if lawmakers want the agency to track farmland purchases by foreign buyers, especially those with ties to the People’s Republic of...

Senate Ag sets subcommittee rosters

Agri-Pulse

Senate Ag sets subcommittee rosters

By Philip Brasher

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday announced the organization of its subcommittees for the new Congress. 

The “subcommittees will play an important role in the committee’s efforts to hear from stakeholders across the...

GOP Senators Offer ‘SHORT’ Act to Stop Gun Owner ‘Harassment’

AmmoLand

GOP Senators Offer ‘SHORT’ Act to Stop Gun Owner ‘Harassment’

Several U.S. Senators are sponsoring legislation to prevent the government from harassing owners of semo-auto rifles. SOLGW SBR Phase 5 Weapon Systems CMSA Stock

By Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Seventeen U.S...

Senators Reintroduce Cattle Market Reform Bill

Kanas Ag Connection

Senators Reintroduce Cattle Market Reform Bill

Kansas Ag Connection

U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Thursday introduced the bipartisan Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023.

The...