Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Hyde-Smith.

Committee Membership

Cindy Hyde-Smith sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
  • Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
  • Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Enacted Legislation

Hyde-Smith was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• S. 3098: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the sources of the authority to issue regulations regarding certifications and other criteria applicable to legislative branch ...

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hyde-Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (43%) Animals (29%) Government Operations and Politics (29%)

Recent Bills

Some of Hyde-Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 1182: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located ...
• S. 1164: Keeping Infants Domestically Safe Act of 2019
• S. 1056: Cell-Cultured Meat and Poultry Regulation Act of 2019
• S. 613: DEER Act
• S. 351: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
• S. 188: Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019
• S.J.Res. 3: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Apr 2018 to May 2019, Hyde-Smith missed 7 of 333 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is worse than the median of 1.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Office of Cindy Hyde-Smith for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills