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BREAKING NEWS from The
Energy Marketers of America
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March 17, 2025
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DC Conference Opening Session Featured Speaker: Welcome U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
 Monday,
March 17, 2025
–
Energy Marketers of
America (EMA) 2025
Chairman Jim Lipscomb
(Lipscomb Oil company;
Greenville, Mississippi)
is delighted to announce
that Senator Cindy
Hyde-Smith (R-MS) will
be the featured speaker
for EMA’s DC Conference
and Day on the Hill
Opening Session this
year.
“On behalf
of EMA, I’m honored to
have the Senator address
marketers this year to
give us an overview of
the Senate’s
reconciliation process
and the Trump
Administration’s goals
to lower energy
costs and support small
business energy
marketers across the
country.”
U.S.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
is a public servant
committed to
conservative principles
as she works for all
Mississippians. She is
the first woman elected
to represent Mississippi
in Washington, D.C. She
won a six-year term in
November 2020, following
her April 2018
appointment to fill the
U.S. Senate seat vacated
by long-time U.S.
Senator Thad Cochran and
subsequent November 2018
special election victory
to complete his term.
In the 119th
Congress, Hyde-Smith
serves on a number of
key Senate committees,
including the Committee
on Appropriations, the
Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry, the
Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources, and
the Committee on Rules
and Administration.
As Senator,
Hyde-Smith is a leading
voice for
Mississippians, working
to improve the state’s
economy and quality of
life. She has used her
committee roles to
support policies and
legislation that benefit
both the state and
nation. Her successful
efforts in the
legislative process
include championing
initiatives that support
economic growth in
Mississippi, including
fighting for the state’s
agricultural sector,
infrastructure
development, job
training and educational
programs, rural
healthcare, energy
development,
shipbuilding industry,
and defense and
aerospace sectors.
The first bill she
introduced as a Senator
in 2018—the Migratory
Bird Framework and
Hunting Opportunities
for Veterans Act to
extend duck season to
January 31 and establish
a special weekend for
youth, veterans, and
active
military—ultimately
became law in March 2019
as part of a larger
legislative package.
Senator Hyde-Smith
remains a strong
advocate for defending
the constitutional
Second Amendment rights
of law-abiding citizens.
In her role on the
powerful Senate
Appropriations
Committee, Hyde-Smith
has worked diligently to
secure funding and
resources for key
priorities in
Mississippi. Her efforts
have centered around
shipbuilding, defense,
agriculture, rural
health, small business,
transportation
infrastructure, flood
control and disaster
response, and other
priority issues.
As a member of the
Senate Agriculture
Committee, Hyde-Smith is
a leading voice for
American agriculture and
rural communities. She
worked successfully to
secure emergency
assistance for the
economically-strapped
agricultural sector in
the American Relief Act,
2025. Having influenced
the crafting and passage
of the 2018 Farm Bill,
which included
provisions she authored
pertaining to rural
economic development,
better crop insurance
for flood-prone regions,
Chronic Wasting Disease
research, and forest
health, Senator
Hyde-Smith is now
dedicated to the passage
of a 2025 Farm Bill to
update the nation’s
policies to meet current
challenges to
agriculture.
In
early 2019, Senator
Hyde-Smith took decisive
action to address the
catastrophic flooding in
the Yazoo Backwater
Area, eventually helping
to get the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers,
Environmental Protection
Agency, and U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service to
agree on a final plan to
finally move toward
construction of a flood
control project first
authorized in 1941.
Hyde-Smith is committed
to continuing to work on
the backwater pumps
issue, including
securing funding for
Corps of Engineers build
and maintain its
extensive flood control
projects throughout
Mississippi.
A
committed social
conservative, Hyde-Smith
continues to lead the
Senate Pro-Life Caucus,
fighting to protect the
sanctity of life and
opposing efforts to
expand mail-order
abortions.
Hyde-Smith established
herself as a leader in
support for rural
healthcare, helping to
secure funding to
support rural hospitals
and resources to expand
telehealth for Medicare
beneficiaries. She led
the successful
bipartisan effort to
establish an Office of
Rural Health within the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Senator Hyde-Smith has
toiled to address the
serious health issues
affecting many
Mississippians,
advocating for better
treatments and support
for juvenile diabetes,
type 2 diabetes, and
cardiovascular disease.
Prior to
becoming a U.S. Senator
for Mississippi,
Hyde-Smith served as the
Mississippi Commissioner
of Agriculture and
Commerce, elected in
2011 and reelected in
2015.
As
Commissioner of
Agriculture and
Commerce, Hyde-Smith
worked to ensure
fairness and equity in
the marketplace and
protect Mississippians
through sound regulatory
practices. Highlights of
her tenure were her
efforts to reopen
foreign markets for
American beef exports,
advocate for
country-of-origin food
labeling, and ensure
that imported catfish
meet USDA food safety
standards. Under her
leadership, the
department was
recognized as a “model
agency” for
effectiveness and budget
control. Hyde-Smith held
agency spending growth
to less than two percent
her entire tenure.
Before leading the
Mississippi Department
of Agriculture and
Commerce, Hyde-Smith
served 12 years in the
Mississippi State
Senate, including eight
years as chairman of the
Agriculture Committee.
As a legislator,
Hyde-Smith championed
policies to promote and
protect all facets of
the agriculture
industry. She fought to
protect private property
rights, supported tort
reform, and earned
respect for her advocacy
of conservative budget
and pro-business
initiatives.
As a
U.S. Senator, Hyde-Smith
has received the Award
for Conservative
Achievement from the
American Conservative
Union Foundation, the
Spirit of Enterprise
Award from the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and
the Champion of Small
Business Award from the
National Federation of
Independent Business.
Among other
commendations, the
National Rural Health
Association gave the
Senator its Rural Health
Champion Award, and she
received National
Legislator of the Year
honors from the
Mississippi Rural Health
Association.
Additionally, Hyde-Smith
has received the Friend
of the Farm Bureau Award
from the American Farm
Bureau Federation, the
Agricultural Legislator
of the Year Award from
the Mississippi
Association of
Conservation Districts,
the Ambassador Award
from the Mississippi
Farm Bureau Federation,
the Achievement Award
from Delta Council, and
the Outstanding Service
to Small Farmers Award
from Alcorn State
University.
Hyde-Smith is a graduate
of Copiah-Lincoln
Community College and
the University of
Southern Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith and her
husband Mike have a
daughter, Anna-Michael.
They reside in
Brookhaven and are
active members of
Macedonia Baptist
Church. A
fifth-generation farming
family, the Senator’s
family raises beef
cattle and are partners
in a local stockyard
auction market in
Brookhaven.
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