WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week reiterated the need for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to end Biden-era changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are driving families and businesses away from vital disaster insurance coverage.
Wicker and Hyde-Smith signed a letter (https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2026-02/020326%20FEMA%20NFIP%20Risk%20Rating%20Letter.pdf) led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) that asks Acting FEMA Administrator Karen Evans to halt further implementation of the NIFP Risk Rating 2.0 pricing system. The request, a follow-up to a June 2025 letter (...