Rural Communities

POINTING TO SEPT. DEADLINE, HYDE-SMITH URGES SENATE ACTION ON NEW FARM BILL

In Floor Speech, Miss. Senator Says Move Away from Partisan Disagreements & Work on Finding Common Ground

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Encourages Senate to Act Soon on Writing a New Farm Bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today encouraged her fellow Senators to move past partisan differences and begin real work to write a new Farm Bill.

In a...

MISS. LAWMAKERS DEMAND EPA RESCIND ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Kelly, Guest & Ezell Register Opposition to Rule Targeting Pickups, Trucks, Tractors, Semis and Buses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are among 157 lawmakers demanding the Biden administration overturn its de facto electric mandate on trucks, tractors, buses and...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION

Army Corps Releases Draft EIS for New Plan to Alleviate Yazoo Backwater Area Flooding, Rules Out Do-Nothing & No-Pumps Approaches

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the release of a key draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the recurring backwater flooding in the south Mississippi Delta.

The Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project, prepared by the U.S. Army...