WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said the effort to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture bureaucracy will result in new Agriculture Research Service (ARS) resources and personnel to Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith, who gained the administration's commitment (https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/usda-deputy-sec-commits-work-hyde-smith-ensure-future-ars-operations-stoneville-miss) last July to ensure the future of the ARS Southeast Area Office in Stoneville, was briefed by USDA officials on how the agency's reorganization plan would affect Mississippi on Thursday. Details released Thursday are a departure from initial reports that indicated USDA would...