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Senator Hyde-Smith supports federal policies to foster an economic environment that encourages job growth in Mississippi and the nation.  She supports the tax cuts and reforms enacted by President Trump and the Republican-majority Congress.  She believes in eliminating burdensome federal regulations that hinder small businesses, farmers, and industry.

The Senator supports policies and opportunities to continue and expand Mississippi’s ability to contribute to national security, high-tech research, agricultural innovation, and energy production.

Senator Hyde-Smith welcomes opportunities to work with local, state, and federal officials to make Mississippi a better place to work and raise families.

FY2025 Community Project Funding Requests


HYDE-SMITH & EZELL ANNOUNCE $365,000 GRANT TO HELP ESTABLISH NONSTOP MISS. GULF COAST–WASHINGTON, D.C. FLIGHTS

HYDE-SMITH & EZELL ANNOUNCE $365,000 GRANT TO HELP ESTABLISH NONSTOP MISS. GULF COAST–WASHINGTON, D.C. FLIGHTS

Grant Boosts Goal of Nonstop Flights to Gulfport-Biloxi to Support Defense, Space Sectors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today announced a $365,000 grant to the Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority to embark on a process to establish a nonstop flight service to a Washington, D.C.-area airport.

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HYDE-SMITH & CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

HYDE-SMITH & CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

Bipartisan Measure Would Create Emergency Preparedness & Response Program for Water and Wastewater Utilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is the lead Republican sponsor of legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) to improve the ability of rural water and wastewater systems to prepare for and respond to natural disasters or...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME ENACTMENT OF ORGAN DONATION REFORM BILL

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME ENACTMENT OF ORGAN DONATION REFORM BILL

Miss. Senators Cosponsored Measure to Change Policy that Harms Transplant Patients in the South, Midwest 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the enactment of legislation they backed to break up the monopoly contract that manages the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

President Biden on Friday signed the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and...

Two local banks to receive federal grants

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Two local banks to receive federal grants

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Two Meridian banks, as well as a third in DeKalb, will each receive more than $450,000 in federal funding to support loans and investments in economically distressed areas.

Citizens National Bank and Great Southern Bank, both...