The Hagstrom Report
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
By JERRY HAGSTROM
Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...
Oklahoma Farm Report
NCBA President Buck Wehrbein Addresses Congress about Beef Industry Challenges
Feb. 28, 2025
Buck Wehrbein, a Nebraska cattleman, recently ascended to the role of NCBA president during CattleCon 2025. Wehrbein, with a 45-year career in the cattle feeding sector, brings...
Texas Insider
Sen. Cruz Reintroduces the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act
"Sanctuary cities continue to defy the law by releasing dangerous criminals back into our communities instead of turning them over to federal immigration authorities."
By Gilbert Rodriguez
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill would allow local law enforcement to cooperate...
Food Safety News
Senator introduces bill to ‘Make Shrimp Healthy Again’
By News Desk
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, has introduced the Safer Shrimp Imports Act, legislation aimed at tightening federal inspection standards for imported shrimp.
The bill, S.667, would require foreign shrimp...
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy's bill dropping Biden drilling rule heads to Trump's desk
BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House gave final approval on a 221 to 202 vote Thursday to a resolution sponsored by U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy, R-Madisonville...
Alexandria (La.) Advocate
Trump signs Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy's bill as Republicans roll back Biden drilling rules
BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed into law legislation cosponsored by Louisiana Sen. John N. Kennedy that rolled back an archeological...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EXPEDITED USDA ASSISTANCE TO AG PRODUCERS, FUNDING THAT CAN HELP SUSTAIN HARD-HIT MISS. FARMERS
Hyde-Smith Fought for $10 Billion in Funding Bill Passed in December
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While praising President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for expediting help for American farmers, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today also encouraged Mississippi agricultural producers to apply for assistance through a $10 billion package that she fought to get passed...
The Epoch Times
House, Senate Pass Resolutions to Overturn Biden Admin Regulations
By Jackson Richman and Joseph Lord
WASHINGTON—Republicans have passed three resolutions to overturn a handful of environmental regulatory actions taken in the waning days of the Biden administration, the first of...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Mississippi Senator introduces ‘Safer Shrimp Imports Act’
"It would give American consumers greater confidence that the imported shrimp they're eating isn't contaminated."
By WLOX Staff
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Cindy Hyde-Smith, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, introduced...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her Senate colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors continue to have a key tool needed to combat the scourge of crime, overdoses, and deaths caused by fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.
The Senate voted 84-16 to approve the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331...
