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U.S. Senator from Mississippi

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican · Mississippi

First woman elected to represent Mississippi in Congress. Former state Agriculture Commissioner, appointed and then elected. Focus on agriculture, rural development, and conservative values.

Record

Conservative Republican with agricultural background. Focus on Mississippi farming interests, rural infrastructure, and traditional conservative values. Consistent party-line votes on fiscal and social issues.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.4805 — Save Our Shrimpers Act (Introduced, Jun 17, 2026)
  • S.3916 — Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act (Introduced, Feb 25, 2026)
    Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act This bill prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by individuals, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.
  • S.3878 — A bill to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
    This bill establishes the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians in Natchez, Mississippi, as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The bill also establishes Historic Jefferson College in Natchez, Mississippi, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, subject to the Department of the…
  • S.3712 — BO’s Act (Introduced, Jan 28, 2026)
  • S.3697 — SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 27, 2026)
  • S.3633 — Middle Mile for Rural America Act (Introduced, Jan 14, 2026)
  • S.3580 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share grants for retrofitting agricultural tractors with rollover protection structures, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jan 5, 2026)
  • S.3065 — LABEL Act (Introduced, Oct 28, 2025)

Notable votes

  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • S.5164 — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements relating to the designation of rural emergency hospitals. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
  • S.4429 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 28, 2026)
  • S.4905 — Space Ready 2.0 Act (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
  • S.5119 — A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • S.1289 — 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.5092 — RAAM Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.5087 — Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.1406 — SOAR Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)

Voting analysis

Cindy Hyde-Smith sits on appropriations across four of its subcommittees and chairs an agriculture subcommittee covering commodities, derivatives and trade. She is among the Republican senators least likely to leave the conference position — but the departures she does record have an unusual shape.

3.7%
Votes against the Republican majority
218
Roll calls where a party majority formed
41 of 51
Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

The same colleague, on both sides

Five of her departures involve amendments from one Republican senator, and she is not consistently on either side of them. On a budget resolution she voted for his amendment while most of the conference voted against it. On four separate spending bills she voted against his amendments while most of the conference voted for them. The vehicle decides her, not the sponsor.

The rest fit the same committee logic. She supported an amendment from another colleague on a surveillance bill, opposed one from a third on an appropriations package, and voted to close debate on a spending agreement her conference was not ready to take up.

All 8 roll calls where Cindy Hyde-Smith voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
S.Con.Res. 33
Paul Amdt. No. 5378
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Apr 23, 2026Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 7148
Paul Amdt. No. 4272
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jan 30, 2026Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 1968
Paul Amdt. No. 1266
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Mar 14, 2025Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82
Paul Amdt. No. 3352
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3352 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Dec 20, 2024Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7888
Marshall Amdt No. 1834
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1834 to H.R. 7888 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Apr 19, 2024Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 4366
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4366
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 4366 · roll call 118		Mar 8, 2024Cloture Motion Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 6363
Paul Amdt. No. 1366
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1366 to H.R. 6363 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Nov 15, 2023Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 4366
Braun Amdt. No. 1182
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1182 to S.Amdt. 1092 to H.R. 4366 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Oct 26, 2023Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)

Both Mississippi seats

Mississippi is represented by two Republicans, and Hyde-Smith is the less frequent dissenter of them.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Mississippi delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.9%. Cindy Hyde-Smith is below that average at 3.7%.

What she legislates on

Her filings run to shrimping, firearms records, park designation and maternal health: a bill for Gulf shrimpers, one restricting release of gun owner registration information, one making the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College affiliated areas of the National Park System, and a measure on outcomes for mothers and infants.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Cindy Hyde-Smith's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (2), Health (2), Foreign Trade and International Finance (1), Science, Technology, Communications (1).

158
Bills sponsored
1554
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

She was appointed to the seat before winning it outright, and her service now sits in the middle band. Her absences are few.

First elected in 2018, now serving across 5 terms. Cindy Hyde-Smith falls in the mid cohort.

0.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Cindy Hyde-Smith has 158 bills sponsored, 1554 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade (Chairman)
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Department of Homeland Security
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Energy and Water Development

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