WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today registered her opposition to legislation to codify an existing moratorium on oil and gas exploration on parts of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) as the Trump administration moves to revive offshore energy production.
At an Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearing (https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/2/public-lands-forests-and-mining-subcommittee-to-receive-testimony-on-pending-legislation) Thursday, Hyde-Smith said the American Shores Protection Act (S.3082) is unnecessary and could affect ongoing Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) work to develop a new five-year lease sale plan for offshor...