Pine Belt

HYDE-SMITH, PANEL STRESS NEED FOR NEW FARM BILL TO SUPPORT YOUNG FARMERS, RANCHERS

Senate Agriculture Hearing Includes Testimony from Young Noxubee Co. Farmer

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Opens Hearing on Clearing Path for Young Farmers, Ranchers.
VIDEO:  Opening Statement of Witness Christian Good of Macon, Miss.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Christian Good Discuss the Challenges of Catfish Farming.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for Congress...

FOR MEMORIAL DAY, HYDE-SMITH SAYS STRIVE TO BUILD NATION WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES OF THE FALLEN

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Issues 2024 Memorial Day Message.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued a message in which she encourages Americans to dedicate themselves to helping shape the United States into a nation worthy of the sacrifices of those who lost their lives in the defense of the country.

“We set aside Memorial Day each year...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS DECEPTIVE BORDER VOTE

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Slams Sham Vote Intended to Deflect Attention Away from Biden, Democrats’ Border Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement in advance of a scheduled 1 p.m. (Central) vote on a flawed border bill that already failed in the Senate in February:

“No one should be fooled by Senator...

SENATE DESIGNATES MAY 18 AS 'KIDS TO PARKS DAY'

Hyde-Smith & Wyden Lead Resolution Designating Day to Promote Outdoor Recreation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate this week approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to promote healthy outdoor recreation by designating May 18, 2024, as National Kids to Parks Day and to encourage young people and their families to get outdoors.

The bipartisan Kids to Parks Resolution (S.Res.686) was...

HYDE-SMITH HONORS LAW ENFORCEMENT, FALLEN OFFICERS IN POLICE WEEK TRIBUTE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today paid tribute to fallen law enforcement officers, including two from Mississippi, in commemoration of 2024 National Police Week.

Hyde-Smith’s tribute, which was entered into the Congressional Record on Thursday, specifically highlights Madison Police Department Officer Horren Randal Tyler, who lost his life in June 2023 while responding to a hostage...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BILL

Miss. Senators Cosponsored the Bipartisan ‘America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded Senate passage of conservation legislation they cosponsored that will reauthorize or establish programs important to sportsmen, hunters, and cattlemen in Mississippi.

The Senate approved the America’s Conservation...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES JOB TRAINING GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN RURAL STATES

At Appropriations Hearing, Hyde-Smith Focuses on Job Training to Improve Workforce Participation Rates

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Promotes Community Colleges as Key to Meeting Job Training Needs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today kept her focus on training programs and the availability of grants that would allow more community colleges in rural states help fill available jobs.

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH ASSERTS MISS. & U.S. HURT BY BIDEN BROADSIDE AGAINST U.S. ENERGY PRODUCTION

Hyde-Smith Delivers Speech Citing Biden Agencies that are Targeting Energy Production, Consumer Choices

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Lambasts Biden Administration’s Energy Policy Overreach.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said Mississippi consumers, businesses, and conservation activities are all being dragged down by the Biden administration’s persistent broadside against U.S...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM 

Hyde-Smith also Cosponsors ‘No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday cosponsored a resolution that condemns the escalation of antisemitism on U.S. college campuses and urges President Biden’s Department of Education to take necessary actions to ensure that colleges and universities are complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students.

S.Res...

MEDGAR EVERS TO POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVE THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

Miss. Congressional Delegation Had Encouraged President Biden to Honor Slain Civil Rights Leader

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be awarded posthumously today to Medgar Wiley Evers, the World War II veteran and civil rights leader who was assassinated on June 12, 1963, in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Miss. 

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S...