HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
 
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO PROHIBIT USE OF FEDERAL MONEY FOR STATE GUN REGISTRIES

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO PROHIBIT USE OF FEDERAL MONEY FOR STATE GUN REGISTRIES

Ten Senators Cosponsor GRIP Act to Protect Gun Owners’ Privacy Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to ensure federal funding cannot be used by states, localities, or any other organization to maintain gun registries.
 
The GRIP Act (S.351) would clarify existing law that prohibits the use of any...

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and 64 other Senators today issued a letter urging the administration to stabilize the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 21 million seniors and individuals with disabilities.
 
The Senators, including Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), wrote to...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION TO MISS. SHIPBUILDER FOR POLAR ICEBREAKER ENGINEERING STUDIES

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION TO MISS. SHIPBUILDER FOR POLAR ICEBREAKER ENGINEERING STUDIES

Homeland Security Dept. Contract to VT Halter Marine Advances U.S. Coast Guard Priority

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $1 million contract for work in Mississippi to support production engineering studies for the U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) acquisition program.
 
The U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

Senator Hyde-Smith Reacts to the State of the Union Address

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Reacts to the State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) tonight issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s State of the Union Address to the nation:
 
“President Trump set out an optimistic message that challenges us to embrace unity and work together to keep our economy strong and solve the problems facing our country.
 
“I like this message, which will help...

Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument

Associated Press

Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument

By Emily Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument, the U.S. interior secretary and members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation...

Erosion Undermines History at Vicksburg National Military Park

Hallowed Ground Magazine

Erosion Undermines History at Vicksburg National Military Park

Hallowed Ground Magazine

The most serious battle being fought at Vicksburg National Military Park today, according to park staff, is against erosion, the process by which earth is carried away by wind or water...