HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES PROGRAM TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS HURT BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES PROGRAM TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS HURT BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Miss. Senator Active in Promoting Miss. Ag & Livestock Interests as Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Developed

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of a two-pronged coronavirus relief plan for U.S. agriculture, including provisions that should benefit Mississippi livestock and agricultural producers hurt by price disruptions and market loss with the onset of the...

HYDE-SMITH:  NEW ARMY CORPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ACTION ON YAZOO BACKWATER PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT

HYDE-SMITH:  NEW ARMY CORPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ACTION ON YAZOO BACKWATER PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT

New Environmental Review to be Completed by Fall, with January 2021 Final Decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the significance of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launch of an official new review on the Yazoo Backwater Area Project, a step that could lead to much-needed flood protection in the South Delta.

The Federal Register on Wednesday published...

PRESIDENT NAMES HYDE-SMITH TO OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN CONGRESSIONAL GROUP

PRESIDENT NAMES HYDE-SMITH TO OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN CONGRESSIONAL GROUP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump to serve on the Opening Up America Again Congressional Group to focus on providing advice and counsel on actions needed to safely open and restart economy following the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“I appreciate President Trump’s determination to safely open and restart the American economy.   His...

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS IMMEDIATE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EASTER STORM DAMAGE

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS IMMEDIATE FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EASTER STORM DAMAGE

(Update:  On April 16, 2020, President Trump approved the Major Disaster Declaration requested by Governor Tate Reeves. Read more here.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration in the wake of devastating weather events across the...

BICAMERAL GROUP PRESSES FDA TO ENFORCE MEDICATION ABORTION RESTRICTIONS DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

BICAMERAL GROUP PRESSES FDA TO ENFORCE MEDICATION ABORTION RESTRICTIONS DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Sen. Hyde-Smith, Rep. Latta Lead Effort to Prevent Expansion of Mail-Order Abortions as Nation Toils to Reduce Coronavirus Deaths

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio) today led a significant number of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress to urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to resist efforts by pro-abortion activists to...

GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12

Progressive Farmer

GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12

By Jerry Hagstrom
 
The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against California's law prohibiting the sale of food products from confined animals. Some Republican senators have introduced a bill trying to...

Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps

Delta Council E-News

Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps

Upper Yazoo Projects, Delta Headwaters also see Increase

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced committee passage of an appropriations measure that includes funding to support flood control and water...

Camp Shelby receiving Senate funding for military construction

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Camp Shelby receiving Senate funding for military construction

The funding from the bill will go towards both the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and the 172nd Airlift Wing at the Jackson International Airport.

By Renaldo Hopkins

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) - Camp Shelby...