WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CONDEMN BANK’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE SECOND AMENDMENT

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CONDEMN BANK’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE SECOND AMENDMENT

Senators Say Amalgamated Bank Is “Weaponizing the Financial System to Enact Far-Left Political Goals”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 24 colleagues on a letter to Amalgamated Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Sims Brown, criticizing the institution’s work to force U.S. financial services firms to categorize gun purchases. 

The Senators...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO END WAR ON U.S. OIL & GAS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO END WAR ON U.S. OIL & GAS

As Interior Dept. Mulls “No Lease Option,” Senators Encourage 10 Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a group of Republican Senators in demanding the Biden administration end its assault on domestic oil and gas production and continue to sell oil and gas leases on federal land and water.

The push comes in response to the U.S...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER INTRODUCE MISS. FARM BUREAU CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER INTRODUCE MISS. FARM BUREAU CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) this week introduced a resolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and its influence on agriculture in the Magnolia State.

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation was chartered on Oct. 30, 1922, as an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau.  The national organization was founded in 1919.

“The...

Exemption for Farmers on reporting on GSG Emissions

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Exemption for Farmers on reporting on GSG Emissions

By Simon M.Shane

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) is cooperating with Senate colleagues including John Boozman (R-AR) to reintroduce the Protect Farmers from the SEC Act.  This proposed legislation (S.391) would exclude agriculture...

Vilsack: USDA strapped by low staff salaries

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Vilsack: USDA strapped by low staff salaries

By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that relatively low salaries are making it difficult for USDA to retain employees, including Farm Service Agency field staff.

During his second appearance on Capitol Hill in...